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Breach Record

Verizon Communications

DISCLOSED 2024-02-06 · INSIDER · 63,000 RECORDS EXPOSED

Verizon Communications disclosed an insider data breach affecting over 63,000 employees. The breach involved unauthorized access to employee personal information. The incident was reported on February 6, 2024.

The record

What we know

Disclosed
2024-02-06
Attack vector
Insider
Sector
telecommunications
Country
US
Records exposed
63,000
Domain
verizon.com
Data classes exposed
employee personal information
ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · no · opinion

An allowlist model would not prevent an insider with legitimate access from exfiltrating data.

Our assessments are opinion, grounded in the cited public facts. Read them critically.

Sources

Cited reporting

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