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"Nokia staff jacked by Ernst & Young laptop loss"
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 14:39:13 -0500 (EST)
http://www.theregister.com/2006/03/30/ey_nokia_lapop/ When Ernst & Young loses a laptop, it doesn't mess around. The Register has learned that the same missing system with personal information on Sun Microsystems, Cisco, IBM and BP workers also contained data on Nokia's US staff. A Nokia source notified us that he received a letter from Ernst & Young detailing the accounting firm's loss of his personal information. An Ernst & Young spokesman then confirmed that the laptop was "the same" machine with thousands of Sun, Cisco, IBM and BP staff data, including their ages, social security numbers, tax identification numbers and addresses. Ernst & Young continues to maintain that the laptop poses little risk as it was password protected. Some rather prominent security folk, however, dispute Ernst & Young's contention. This letter comes from a top security expert at a very, very large technology company. We've agreed to protect his identity. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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