A new AEM Sites implementation includes a component that lists the 10 most recently published PDF documents in AEM Assets. The component works as expected during development and passes QA testing. The business starts to use it while entering content and uploading assets in preparation for go-live. A few days later, the component's PDF list is empty.
What is the most likely cause of the issue?

A user is part of the Employees LDAP group synchronized with AEM. The same user is added to the authors group in AEM. The user is then removed from the Employees group on the LDAP server.
What is the result during the next synchronization with AEM?