Coverage dated April 19, 2023

CFPB employee sent hundreds of thousands of consumers' data to personal email account

Headline from NBC News

The bureau found personally identifiable information relating to customers of seven institutions that had been forwarded by a staffer, who is no longer employed at the CFPB.

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  1. NBC News

    CFPB employee sent hundreds of thousands of consumers' data to personal email account (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The bureau found personally identifiable information relating to customers of seven institutions that had been forwarded by a staffer, who is no longer employed at the CFPB.

  2. CNN

    CFPB says employee sent confidential data of 256,000 consumers to personal email (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    An employee at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent confidential data about hundreds of thousands of consumer accounts to their personal email, the agency told CNN on Thursday.

  3. FOX Business

    CFPB staffer transferred 256,000 consumers' data to personal email account in 'major incident': report (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) disclosed that a former employee of theirs forwarded the confidential records of 256,000 consumers to their personal email account.

  4. Hot Air

    CFPB staffer sent 256,000 consumers' data to personal account (opens Hot Air)

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    Hot Air's feed description

    The employee, who no longer works at the CFPB, made an unauthorized transfer of records containing personal information on approximately 256,000 consumers at one institution, as well as confidential s...

  5. New York Post

    Ex-CFPB worker sent data on 250,000 people to personal email account: ‘Major incident’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee was fired after sending confidential consumer data on roughly 256,000 people to their personal email account in what the agency described as a “major…