Morrisons

Morrisons

Wm Morrison supermarket suffered a data breach incident in 2014 which exposed the 100,000 employees' personal information.

The attackers stole information including bank account details and published it online and even sent on a disc to a newspaper.

West Yorkshire Police investigated the incident and took preventive steps to enhance the security of its internal data security systems and as set up a helpline for its staff.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-26574161

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/morrisonsjobs

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