Merrill employee error exposes Walmart retirement plan members' data
A Merrill employee's error exposed the information of some members of Walmart's 401(k) retirement plan. Merrill described it as a one-off error, and the exact number of people exposed, the date of the incident and follow-up measures have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Walmart
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Information of some Walmart 401(k) retirement plan members
- Cause / method
- Merrill employee error
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- It emerged that a Merrill employee's error had exposed information of some Walmart retirement plan members.
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