CHAPTER 39At their Monday evening meeting, Miles and Bill Abernathy discussed the specific job responsibilities of the suspected former employee, Elaine McDowell. The confidential information she had access to during her employment included clients’ names, addresses, social security numbers, business entities, credit card numbers, investment account details, and bank records—a virtual treasure trove of exploitable financial data. Miles cautioned that her access to the information didn’t prove she stole any of it.
They uncovered the suspected theft during their routine audit of their server logs. Ms. McDowell had accessed a large number of client data files minutes before she unexpectedly and unceremoniously resigned and walked out the door. The fact that, to their knowledge, the breached
