Thursday, July 3, 2014

"Goldman Sachs demands Google unsend one of its e-mails"

From Ars Technica:

A court order is on the table for Google to undo Goldman Sachs' mistake. 
Goldman Sachs has demanded a court order to get Google to unsend an e-mail that the bank sent in error, according to Reuters' report Wednesday. The e-mail contained "highly confidential" information addressed to the wrong account, a mistake on Goldman Sachs' part that Google hasn't yet been tempted to rectify.

Goldman Sachs did not specify to Reuters how many clients were affected in the situation, which occurred on June 23. Reportedly, the mistake happened while a Goldman Sachs contractor was testing internal changes made to Goldman Sachs' system to meet new requirements from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. The contractor prepared a report with sensitive client information, including details on brokerage accounts, and e-mailed it to a gmail.com address, rather than the gs.com one she intended....MORE