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SUMMARY
| Employee erroneously emails information to external agents, when it should have been internal only | |
| Records | Unknown |
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| Record Types | NAA ACC |
| Breach Type | |
| Data Family | Electronic |
| Source | Inside - Accidental |
| Organization | Putnam Investor Services |
| Other Affected/Involved Organizations | None |
| Lawsuit? | NO/UNKNOWN |
| Data Recovered? | NO/UNKNOWN |
| Arrest? | NO/UNKNOWN |
| Submitted By: | pi3rce |
TIMELINE
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 2009-05-15 | Incident Occurred |
| None. Add Data | Incident Discovered By Organization |
| 2009-06-16 | Organization Reports Incident |
| None. Add Data | Organization Mails Notifications |
| None. Add Data | Records Recovered |
| None. Add Data | Lawsuit Filed |
| None. Add Data | Arrest Made |
SIMILAR INCIDENTS
| records | date | organizations |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2006-06-30 | USAA Federal Savings Bank |
| 0 | 2006-10-06 | Fidelity Investments |
| 0 | 2007-04-23 | Fidelity National Information Services, BankUnited |
| 0 | 2007-04-24 | The Vanguard Group, Inc |
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MAP OF INCIDENT LOCATION
Address: Boston, MA, USA
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PRIMARY SOURCES
Primary Source ID: 2620
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Massachusetts breach notification: Putnam Investments - email from employee accidentally sent to 4 Putnam Agents, instead of staying internal. 399 MA residents exposed, even though agents all claim to have not viewed information.
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| Filename | Source | Researcher | Incident IDs |
| 20090616-putnam-investments-MA.pdf | Massachusetts Attorney General | d2d | <a href='/incidents/show/3094'>3094</a> |
| Records | File Date | Uploaded | Updated |
| 399 | 2009-06-16 | 2010-04-27 | 31 Aug 18:55 |
| Excerpt | |||
if Mark C. Trenchard , P " p Managing Director ‘ ` . Operational Compliance . i ` 100 Financial Park _ Franklin, Massachusetts 02038 · 617-760-:ss01 . » www.ma:1<_trcnchard@putnam.ccm V ~ RECEIVED... |
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COMMENTS
Breach Types:
- Disposal Computer | Disposal Document | Disposal Tape | Disposal Drive
- Disposal Mobile | Email | Fax | Fraud Se
- Hack | Lost Computer | Lost Document | Lost Drive
- Lost Laptop | Lost Media | Lost Mobile | Lost Tape
- Missing Document | Missing Laptop | Missing Media | Snail Mail
- Stolen Computer | Stolen Document | Stolen Drive | Stolen Laptop
- Stolen Media | Stolen Mobile | Stolen Tape | Unknown
- Virus | Web |
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