One in Four UK Workers Maliciously Leaks Business Data Via Email, Study Says (betanews.com)

From a report: New research into insider threats reveals that 24 percent of UK employees have deliberately shared confidential business information outside their company. The study from privacy and risk management specialist Egress Software Technologies also shows that almost half (46 percent) of respondents say they have received a panicked email recall request, which is not surprising given more than a third (37 percent) say they don't always check emails before sending them. The survey of 2,000 UK workers who regularly use email as part of their jobs shows the biggest human factor in sending emails in error is listed as 'rushing' (68 percent). However alcohol also plays a part in eight percent of all wrongly sent emails -- where are these people working!? Autofill technology, meanwhile, caused almost half (42 percent) to select the wrong recipient in the list.

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says the guy with something to sell

[Anonymous Coward]

Yup, I'm sure the company who sells software to monitor email systems will agree, your email needs our software!

Lets make up some funny stats to sell it!

Re:says the guy with something to sell

[Hognoxious]

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[Headw1nd]

First, this is an ad, not a news article.

Secondly, there is nothing to suggest the use of the word "malicious". If I tell my grandma how much we charge a client, it's sharing confidential business information, but I'm not doing it to undercut my company, I'm doing it to impress her. I'm not even sure who I would maliciously share business information with if I wanted to, nobody would care enough to listen.

Maliciously?

[dysmal]

Not sure if that's the right word for this.

Maliciously = with intent to do harm

Intentionally? Yes.