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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Data Breach (2012)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

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Disclosed

July 26, 2012

4992 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Human Error

Industry

Other

Description

An employee accidentally attached the wrong version of a spreadsheet to an email sent to a number of foundation vendors. The spreadsheet contained information about vendors of the foundation. The spreadsheet contained name, address, phone, SSN and information about payment history.

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