General Electric

Summary

General Electric (GE), a global Fortune 500 company, has acknowledged a breach affecting present and former employees and their beneficiaries. Between February 3-14, 2020, an unauthorized user gained access to the email account of Canon Business Process Services, which GE contracts with to process employee documents. Exposed sensitive documents includes divorce, death, and marriage certificates, beneficiary information, support orders, as well as direct deposit and tax withholding forms. Additionally, driver’s licenses, passports, Social Security numbers, and banking account numbers were revealed. GE was informed February 28 and has notified potential victims. It is unclear if GE is the only affected customer at this time. Further information can be found in the Threat Post article.