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100,000 pension details on Deloitte stolen laptop
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:19:16 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.accountancyage.com/accountancyage/news/2228066/100-pensioners-details-deloitte By David Jetuah Accountancy Age 13 Oct 2008 Details of more than 100,000 company pensions have been stolen from a Deloitte staffer after her laptop was snatched in a handbag theft. The computer had the pension holders' names, National Insurance numbers and salary details stored on it but Deloitte has said that there was a 'very very low' risk of anyone being able to access the information, The Press Association reported. Deloitte said in a statement: 'A handbag with a Deloitte laptop in it was stolen from a public place in September. The laptop held information which included employee details of individuals from a number of Deloitte's clients. It did not include addresses or bank account information. 'The theft was immediately reported to the police and relevant clients were notified. 'The laptop was protected by a number of security measures, including start up password, operating system user ID / password authentication and encryption. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/
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