We keep making the same mistakes with spreadsheets, despite bad consequences
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Spreadsheet blunders aren't just frustrating personal inconveniences. They can have serious consequences. And in the last few years alone, there have been a myriad of spreadsheet horror stories.
In August 2023, the Police Service of Northern Ireland apologized for a data leak of monumental proportions" when a spreadsheet that contained statistics on the number of officers it had and their rank was shared online in response to a freedom of information request.
There was a second overlooked tab on the spreadsheet that contained the personal details of 10,000 serving police officers.