Booz Allen says former staffer downloaded employees’ personal data

A former employee of the company downloaded tens of thousands of employees' personal information from the company's internal network.

One of the company's employees downloaded a report containing the personal information of active employees as of March 29, 2021.

The company has 27,600 employees, many of whom hold high-level security clearances, according to a copy of the website.

The report downloaded by the employee contained your name, Social Security number, compensation, gender, race, ethnicity, date of birth, and U.S. government security clearance eligibility and status as of March 29, 2021.

The report containing the personal information was improperly stored on an internal SharePoint site, but did not say what circumstances led to the discovery of the data, only that it " recently learned" of the staffer's activities.

The employee obtained the report on April 14, 2022. The company learned of the exposure in October.

The company does not believe that the individual intended to misuse any of the personal information in the report to cause harm to the employees. It is not known if the individual has been charged with a crime.

Comments from Booz Allen have been updated.

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