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follow-up: Conn. AG Investigating Former Employee Link To Pfizer Data Breach
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:25:43 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202101944 By Sharon Gaudin InformationWeek September 26, 2007 The Connecticut Attorney General is investigating a former Pfizer employee in connection with a data breach that compromised personally identifying employee information. Bernard Nash, an attorney for the world's largest drug maker, said in a letter to the Attorney General that another company sent a package to Pfizer on July 6 that contained a DVD with Pfizer data on it. The information had been found on a computer that the company, which went unnamed in the letter, had assigned to a worker who had formerly been employed at Pfizer, according to Nash's Sept. 21 letter. After reviewing the information, Pfizer "became aware" that personal information from the Pfizer network was on the DVD, Nash wrote. The company notified a federal prosecutor on Aug. 17 "to explain Pfizer's investigatory efforts, discuss the possibility of prosecution of the responsible individual, and receive input on the most productive use of Pfizer's investigative resources." A source close to the investigation told InformationWeek that the AG's office is investigating the matter. [..] _______________________________________________ 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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