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Stolen tape puts Bristol-Myers employee data at risk
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:01:29 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9110485 By Brian Fonseca July 22, 2008 Computerworld Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. officials last week confirmed that a nonencrypted backup tape containing the personal data of current and former employees and their dependents was stolen on June 4 from a delivery truck carrying the device. Bristol-Myers spokeswoman Laura Hortas said the New York-based pharmaceutical company began notifying current, former and retired employees by mail on June 12 about the missing backup tape. Bristol-Myers would not disclose how many people are affected by the breach. However, according to a security breach notification letter (download PDF [1]) sent by the company to the New Hampshire Attorney General's office, the personal data of 458 residents of that state was stored on the stolen tape. [1] http://doj.nh.gov/consumer/pdf/bristol-myers.pdf [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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