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[privacy] Security Company Loses Personal Info Computer -- Again
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 02:09:02 GMT
Via ABC 7 News, Denver. [snip] Coloradans are once again getting letters warning that their personal information has been stolen. The company, Affiliated Computer Services, has contracts with the city of Denver, the state and the federal government. For a second time this year, Affiliated Computer Services, or ACS, has failed to protect critical financial information. "It's every bit of information about me. All of my bank accounts -- everything," said Jeff Nichols. "It makes me feel violated." In February, 7NEWS Investigators broke the story after millions of credit card numbers stolen from Denver International Airport. ACS was the contractor. It did not warn card-holders. [snip] More: http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/10205035/detail.html - ferg -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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