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Worker mistakenly sends personal email database
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 05:01:39 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via The Boston Globe (AP). [snip] A worker in the Manchester branch of a national company that provides temporary office workers was working in the company's database when she mistakenly sent a mass e-mail showing employees' computer addresses and Social Security numbers, officials said. The worker tried sending e-mails to recall the message, but it was too late, officials said. The e-mail originated from the Manchester branch of Officeteam. Company officials said it was a mistake' the worker was trying to send an e-mail about job opportunities when she mistakenly sent the one with personal information. Officeteam says it's notifying everyone listed in the e-mail and will assist with credit monitoring and identity theft insurance. [snip] More: http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2007/05/22/worker_m istakenly_sends_personal_email_database/ - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.1 (Build 1012) wj8DBQFGU8qwq1pz9mNUZTMRAllVAJ9wqd6lzx6/unGYFFU5tCSaOHGUoACgmBor yde3W3zNRS93O4AGwX0loPQ= =v/Ed -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 208 million compromised records in 670 incidents over 7 years.
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