Breaking: Acronis blames 'technical issue' for customer data leak

Recently we have all become somewhat over-exposed to the leaking of customer data courtesy of inadequate security allowing hackers to gain access to databases. The LinkedIn LeakedOut leak and eHarmony dating data disaster are good examples of the genre. However, let's not forget that sometimes no hackers are required to make a security and privacy slip up. Sometimes the in-house folk are all that is required to kick-start an embarrassing data leak. And that's what appears to have just happened to an undisclosed number of Acronis customers who have been sent emails informing them that "a spreadsheet containing a few email addresses and upgrade serial numbers" had been indexed by search engines.