Two former employees misappropriated information in violation of the firm’s IT security and data protection policies, and shared it with a media outlet, the Maine’s Attorney General office stated.
Tesla data breach blamed on ‘insider wrongdoing’ impacted 75,000::undefined
“…was a result of “insider wrongdoing,” according to a notice posted by the office of the Maine Attorney General.”
That’s why. The Maine Attorney General’s office is the one putting out the notice so they are just pointing out that they have jurisdiction or whatever the relevant legal term is. In a scenario where the AG had discovered this and found it affected zero (or nearly zero) Maine residents they likely would have forwarded it to another state, possibly making a joint statement.
I suspect if this has legs other states will join in too.
I had to laugh at this: A total of 75,735 people were affected by the data breach, including nine residents of Maine
That’s… specific?
“…was a result of “insider wrongdoing,” according to a notice posted by the office of the Maine Attorney General.”
That’s why. The Maine Attorney General’s office is the one putting out the notice so they are just pointing out that they have jurisdiction or whatever the relevant legal term is. In a scenario where the AG had discovered this and found it affected zero (or nearly zero) Maine residents they likely would have forwarded it to another state, possibly making a joint statement.
I suspect if this has legs other states will join in too.
Perhaps SCMP stands for South China Maine Post?