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Serco apologies for sharing 296 email addresses of newly recruited contact tracers

SCANDAL-HIT government contractor Serco has apologised after accidentally sharing almost 300 personal email addresses of newly recruited contact tracers.

The company has been tasked with recruiting, training and managing thousands of contact tracers to help stop the spread of Covid-19.

But it emerged today that Serco had compromised 296 of its new employees by openly rather than blind-copying their addresses in a group email, making them visible to all recipients.

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