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ADP security breach - "Hundreds of Thousands"
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 17:13:36 -0400 (EDT)
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. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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