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Newmark Knight Frank

Newmark Knight Frank Data Breach (2018)

Newmark Knight Frank

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Disclosed

July 1, 2018

2826 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Insider Threat

Industry

Finance

Description

A former broker in Newmark Knight Frank’s debt and finance group stole company information on his way out the door and then shared it with a competitor, the brokerage claims in a lawsuit. Steven Sperandio, who started working at the firm in early 2016, violated the terms of his confidentiality agreement by sending “vast amounts” of highly confidential documents to his personal email address and Dropbox account