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Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data
From: Tom Van Vleck <thvv () multicians org>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:53:56 -0500
On Feb 23, 2006, at 7:49 PM, Fergie wrote:
Via C|Net News.An external auditor lost a CD with information on thousands of current and former McAfee employees, putting them at risk of identity fraud.....The disc contained personal details on all current U.S. and Canadian McAfee workers hired prior to April 2005 and on about 6,000 former employees in the same region, MacDermott said. (The security company currently has approximately 3,290 employees worldwide.) The information wasn't encrypted and potentially includes names, social security numbers and stock holdings in McAfee.
Yup, I am a former McAfee employee, got the letter on Monday. They offer the customary two years of free Equifax Credit Watch, all I have to do is give a lot of personal info to Equifax. Do I trust Equifax?
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- Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Fergie (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Tom Van Vleck (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Mike Johnson (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Dude VanWinkle (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Drsolly (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Mike Johnson (Feb 23)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Todd Towles (Feb 23)
- RE: Getting free yearly credit reports from Equifax, et. Al. Richard M. Smith (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Fergie (Feb 23)
- Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data Tom Van Vleck (Feb 23)