Insider misuse and error incidents
Definition
Insider incidents document employees, contractors or other trusted people who accessed, took or disclosed personal data without authorisation, whether deliberately or by mistake.
Included
- Staff looking up records without a work reason
- Employees taking customer or patient data to a new employer
- Deliberate disclosure or sale of personal data by an insider
- Errors by authorised staff that exposed personal data
Excluded
- Access by outsiders using stolen staff credentials, which belongs under hacking and intrusion
- Workplace disputes with no personal data involved
Incident records61
Sep 2026UK: Ten NHS staff removed over Noah Woods data breachDataBreaches.netyahoo.comSep 2026Raon data leak: Insider leak of 1,894 cases went undetected for 4 yearsDataBreaches.netchosun.comSep 2026TX: Two Lamesa ISD employees arrested over security breachDataBreaches.neteverythinglubbock.comAug 2026CA: Snoopers Beware; NL’s Privacy Commissioner Recommends Naming Individuals in Snooping-Related BreachesDataBreaches.netoipc.nl.cavocm.comJul 2026AU: Sydney nurse accused of downloading patients’ data in alleged ‘breach of trust’DataBreaches.netdailymail.comJul 2026Origin silent on settlement as alleged fired employee breach detail emergesDataBreaches.netinsurancebusinessmag.comJul 2026Calgary 911 employee charged with breach of trustDataBreaches.netctvnews.caMay 2026NL: Schiphol cargo worker arrested over alleged data leaks to drug networksDataBreaches.netluchtvaartnieuws.nlnltimes.nlMay 2026UK: Aylesbury police officer found guilty of data protection breaches after snapping confidential informationDataBreaches.netbucksherald.co.ukApr 2026Wisconsin employees may find it harder to sue employers over data breachesDataBreaches.netjdsupra.comApr 2026Italy’s data protection regulator fined Intesa Sanpaolo €31.8 million over insider data breachDataBreaches.netgaranteprivacy.itMar 2026Florida senator sues Booz Allen over his leaked tax returnsDataBreaches.netdocumentcloud.orglinks.us1.defend.egress.com+1Mar 2026Weill Cornell Medicine discloses an insider data breachDataBreaches.netFeb 2026Former Nuance employee admits breaching more than 1.2M Geisinger patient recordsDataBreaches.netpennlive.comFeb 2026Former Nuance Communications employee facing more charges in 2023 Geisinger data breach caseDataBreaches.netpennlive.comJan 2026Treasury cancels $21 million in Booz Allen contracts, blaming a breach that happened years agoDataBreaches.netcnn.comhome.treasury.govJan 2026Desjardins data breach: Quebec suspect arrested in SpainDataBreaches.netmontreal.citynews.caDec 2025South Korean retail giant Coupang to compensate $1.1 billion to affected users over data breachDataBreaches.netcnbc.comnews.coupang.comDec 2025Coinbase Discloses Arrest Of Former Customer Agent Over Data Breach - ReportDataBreaches.netbitcoinist.combloomberg.comDec 2025Data breach hits ‘South Korea’s Amazon,’ potentially affecting 65% of country’s populationDataBreaches.nettherecord.mediaen.yna.co.krNov 2025ALT5 Sigma sues former consultant over alleged data breachDataBreaches.netstreetinsider.comNov 2025UK: Woman charged after NHS patients’ records accessed in data breachDataBreaches.netdailyrecord.co.ukOct 2025UK: FCA fines former employee of Virgin Media O2 for data protection breachDataBreaches.netfxnewsgroup.comOct 2025Harris Health discloses insider-wrongdoing breach that went on for a decadeDataBreaches.netcw39.comharrishealth.orgSep 2025Latvian health authority official and IT company head fined for data breachDataBreaches.neteng.lsm.lvSep 2025Bail for 2 Hong Kong doctors accused of leaking data to implicate surgeonDataBreaches.netscmp.comJun 2025Data breach of patient info ends in firing of Miami hospital employeeDataBreaches.netmiamiherald.comjacksonhealth.orgJun 2025Junior Defence Contractor Arrested For Leaking Indian Naval Secrets To Suspected Pakistani SpiesDataBreaches.netnewsmobile.inMay 2025Russian hospital programmer gets 14 years for leaking soldier data to UkraineDataBreaches.nett.metass.ru+1May 2025Barnstable County Sheriff’s Office Employee On Leave, Suspected In Data BreachDataBreaches.netcapenews.netMay 2025Texas Health and Human Services Commission Notifies Additional Individuals Regarding Insider Wrongdoing BreachDataBreaches.nethhs.texas.govyourtexasbenefits.comApr 2025Investigators don’t know who leaked a Wisconsin Supreme Court draft order on abortion caseDataBreaches.netapnews.comwpr.orgApr 2025High court upholds damages in ICBC privacy breach that resulted in shootings, arsonDataBreaches.netbccourts.cavancouverisawesome.com+1Apr 2025Nude photos and names: KU Health and Kansas hospital sued for data breachDataBreaches.netcjonline.comApr 2025Preservation notice sent to Radford University in widening data leak caseDataBreaches.netwsls.comApr 2025Kaiser fires security exec amid disputed allegations involving a police database breachDataBreaches.netmercurynews.combeckershospitalreview.comMar 2025Former GCHQ intern admits top secret data breach risking national securityDataBreaches.nettheargus.co.ukMar 2025The PIPC Sanctions Woori Card for Data Breaches, Imposing KRW 13.45 billionDataBreaches.netpipc.go.krMar 2025Watsonville Community Hospital still hasn’t notified all those affected by a November data breach; employees are reporting tax refund fraudDataBreaches.netksbw.comwatsonvillehospital.comMar 2025Alleged Data Breach at Korea Aerospace Research Institute Sparks Major InvestigationDataBreaches.netbusinesskorea.co.krJan 2025US Justice Department drops case against Texas doctor charged with leaking transgender care dataDataBreaches.netapnews.comwfaa.comDec 2024CA: Ontario Provincial Police charge three former hospital employees PHIPA violations of patient privacy breachesDataBreaches.netottawa.ctvnews.caSep 2024Ex-Police Scotland employee charged with 44 data breachesDataBreaches.netgreenocktelegraph.co.ukSep 2024UK: Trainee surgeon jailed for rape pleads guilty to data breach chargesDataBreaches.netvoicenewspapers.co.ukAug 2024Patient frustrated by Woodstock Hospital privacy breachDataBreaches.netwoodstocksentinelreview.comJul 2024Insider Threat Research by Binghamton University: Are mass layoffs and data breaches connected?DataBreaches.netdol.govbinghamton.edu+2Jun 2024Mass General Brigham fires two employees after patient data breachDataBreaches.netboston25news.commassgeneralbrigham.orgApr 2024Wealthy Taxpayers Alerted to Leaked Data Years After IRS BreachDataBreaches.netnews.bloombergtax.comaboutblaw.com+1Mar 2024Interior Health warns employees may be victims of privacy breachDataBreaches.netcbc.cainteriorhealth.caFeb 2024Health NZ notifying around 12k people impacted by data breachDataBreaches.net1news.co.nz
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