Friday, March 03, 2006
Deloitte & Touche loses McAfee employee data
Thousands of McAfee employees, both American and Canadian are at risk this week as unencrypted data about them was lost by an external auditor.
The announcement was made yesterday, although the actual loss occurred December 15th when a Deloitte & Touche employee left an unencrypted backup CD in an airline seat pocket. The CD held personal information about 6,000 former McAfee employees as well as all of the current staff in the US and Canadian regions.
Information that may have been on the disc includes names, Social Security numbers and details on any McAfee stock the individual may have. Credit reporting services have been arranged for those affected, and no reports of the information being used have been received.
This comes after a court decision earlier this week that a financial institution has no duty to encrypt a customer database, even when that database resides on a laptop which could easily be stolen or misplaced.
The announcement was made yesterday, although the actual loss occurred December 15th when a Deloitte & Touche employee left an unencrypted backup CD in an airline seat pocket. The CD held personal information about 6,000 former McAfee employees as well as all of the current staff in the US and Canadian regions.
Information that may have been on the disc includes names, Social Security numbers and details on any McAfee stock the individual may have. Credit reporting services have been arranged for those affected, and no reports of the information being used have been received.
This comes after a court decision earlier this week that a financial institution has no duty to encrypt a customer database, even when that database resides on a laptop which could easily be stolen or misplaced.
Labels: Deloitte and Touche
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