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CT: Pfizer Has Another Breach of Security
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:48:31 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=7b6d810e-f7ef-4243-a86c-bfdb9093f983 Pfizer Inc., criticized by security professionals after a data breach exposed 17,000 employees and former employees to possible identity theft earlier this year, has notified state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of another incident, this time affecting 950 people. "I am deeply disturbed and troubled by these continuing security problems with information that should be closely safeguarded," Blumenthal said today. "This kind of information should be treated as if it was cash because it has the same value as cash to someone who might misuse it." In a letter dated July 20 but received just recently by Blumenthal's office, attorney Bernard Nash said a management consulting company named Axia Ltd. had notified Pfizer on June 14 of an incident in which two Pfizer laptops were stolen from a locked car. The laptops, which disappeared May 31 in Boston, included the names and Social Security numbers of health-care professionals who "were providing or considering providing contract services for Pfizer," according to the letter. [...] _______________________________________________ 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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