Everyone is at risk of cybercrime, but it must really sting if you’re hacked while running the biggest security firm in the country. That’s what happened to Alf Göransson, chief of Swedish company Securitas, who was declared bankrupt this week after his identity was hijacked.
Reports indicate an unidentified culprit used the CEO’s stolen details in March 2017 to take out a loan after before filing a bankruptcy application in his name. Göransson wasn’t aware of the incident until this week when the Stockholm District Court accepted the application.
As a result of the bankruptcy, 59-year-old Göransson was deregistered as chairman and member of multiple boards (for Loomis AB and Hexpol AB) however each company is now hoping for his reinst…
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