Re: Oops: Auditor Loses McAfee Employee Data

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Tom Van Vleck wrote:

> 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?
 
Do they have the same external auditor?

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