Insiders say only a handful of senior executives at Slater and Gordon would have been able to access the spreadsheet containing pay details of every employee that set off shockwaves in the law firm last week when it was attached and sent in an all-staff email.
Private cybersecurity analysts have been called in to investigate the unauthorised email’s distribution and the incident has been reported to police, as the firm scrambles to contain a staff backlash over the leak of their salary and bonus details.