Breach of MTV Computer Files

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/08/technology/08data.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

Computer files with confidential data on about 5,000 employees at MTV 
Networks were breached by someone outside the company, the network told 
employees on Friday in a memo.

MTV later said in a statement that the security breach occurred after an 
Internet connection in an employee's computer was compromised.

[.]

The internal memo, from Catherine Houser, executive vice president for 
human resources at MTV Networks, said the personal information in the 
files included names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and 
compensation data.

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