“The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) on Monday retroactively reported to Congress that five additional ‘major incidents’ of data breaches have occurred since Oct. 30. FDIC also is launching ‘a new initiative to enhance security.’
The incidents involved the breach of taxpayers’ personally identifiable information, The Washington Post has learned. In each case, employees with legitimate access to the information were leaving the agency when they inadvertently downloaded the data along with personal files. The individuals involved provided affidavits saying the data was not shared.”
Source: FDIC reports five ‘major incidents’ of cybersecurity breaches since fall – The Washington Post