Government Employee Stole Bank Regulator Files In 'Major Incident'

WASHINGTON - A U.S. banking regulator said on Friday it had told Congress about what it called “a major information security incident” after a former employee was found to have downloaded a large number of files onto thumb drives before his retirement. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said in a statement that there was no evidence to suggest that the data in the downloads had been disclosed to the public or misused in any way. Before he retired in November 2015, the former emplo...