&gt; Why would a CSO get involved unless they specifically think that the data has been accessed...<p>The most likely reason I can think of is that he was getting some heat from some other C*O.<p>Edit: Now that Alex&#x27;s side of the story has been released, his actions don&#x27;t seem out of line (assuming it&#x27;s reasonably accurate, and I have no reason to suspect it isn&#x27;t).<p>While my explanation is still a valid answer, I agree with the parent.  Sounds like he was just doing his job.  Though it would be interesting to listen to the audio of the conference call....