ADP security breach - "Hundreds of Thousands"

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2160425&page=1

July 6, 2006 --  The latest corporate data breach is from a company you may 
never have heard of, even though one in six American workers gets paid by the 
firm.

Automatic Data Processing, one of the world's largest payroll service 
companies, confirmed to ABC News that it was swindled by a data thief looking 
for information on hundreds of thousands of American investors.

According to a company spokeswoman, ADP provided a scammer with personal 
information of investors who had purchased stock through brokerages that 
use ADP's investor communications services. Initial reporting indicates 
that these firms include a number of brand-name brokers, including 
Fidelity Investments and Morgan Stanley.

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