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AT&T laptop theft exposes employee data
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:25:49 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=networking_and_internet&articleId=9033813&taxonomyId=16 AT&T and Maryland's Department of the Environment have become the latest organizations to find out first hand why security analysts for some time now have advocated the use of encryption to protect sensitive data on laptops and other mobile devices. A laptop containing unencrypted personal data on current and former employees of the AT&T Corp. was stolen recently from the car of an employee of a professional services firm doing work for the company. That theft prompted the company to notify an unspecified number of individuals about the potential compromise of their Social Security numbers, names and other personal details. A spokesman for AT&T today confirmed the July 27 incident and said it affected only employees of the former AT&T Corp. acquired by SBC Communications Inc. in 2005. No data involving employees of SBC, Bell South or Cingular was affected, the spokesman said. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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