Person suspended – mole exposed in Klagenfurt town hall?

A long-time employee of the Klagenfurt town hall is suspected of having sent secret documents to an online agency. In the meantime, magistrate employees have been suspended and the public prosecutor’s office is investigating.

Great excitement in Klagenfurt town hall: A long-time employee from the human resources department was suspended from work on Friday. The investigators of a cyber security company were able to secure evidence. Mole among 1800 employees A “mole” is said to have been working among the 1800 municipal employees for months, who is said to have leaked protected documents such as service contracts, wage slips or overtime accounts of individual employees to agencies. “Most of the time, it was high bills, and reports about this sensitive data suddenly followed on online portals,” it says. Therefore, IT security experts were commissioned to find the perpetrator. One person was found relatively quickly and was suspended. The mayor speaks of abuse of office. The suspect has been working in the magistrate for 40 years. “It’s abuse of office and a serious breach of data protection,” Mayor Christian Scheider told the “Krone”. “We have to change a lot in City Hall. The 1800 employees should be protected.” The presumption of innocence applies.
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