Experian’s annual Data Breach Industry Forecast found that 80 percent of breaches are catalyzed by employees—careless or otherwise, BankInfoSecurity reports. “Unfortunately people doing stupid stuff is the largest cause—it's as simple as putting a non-production server into production, not turning on a malware or firewall protection or as simple as the lost (unencrypted) laptop or USB key," said Experian’s Michael Bruemmer, CIPP/US. His words have proven portentous as the League of Women Voters call for an inquiry into an employee accident that resulted in the exposure of over 6 million Georgian voters' personal information, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Meanwhile, St. Louis County agreed to settle a data-breach-as-harassment suit by paying out $112,500, The Duluth News Tribune reports.
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