Privacy Nightmare: Employee Monitoring App Leaks Millions Of Screenshots

A recent report has revealed that an employee surveillance app has been leaking sensitive information about employees and companies in a public storage resource, which raises the question as to the extent to which employers should be allowed to access employees' private data.

WorkComposer is a surveillance app that helps companies monitor employees' activities by tracking the websites and applications that employees use, and also taking screenshots of their computer screens. However, in a reported privacy breach, over 20 million screenshots from this app have been found in a public cloud storage resource. These screenshots contain various sensitive information about employees' daily activities, as well as confidential information about their employer's company.

Although the public cloud storage resource has now been secured, it would have been a goldmine for malicious actors as it makes their jobs easier. Instead of having to deploy social engineering tactics and waiting for victims ...