Merrill Lynch ID Theft May Affect 33,000 Employees
A "major identity-theft incident" has occurred at brokerage giant Merrill Lynch that may affect more than 30,000 employees, CNBC's Charlie Gasparino reported.More here.
"A computer device apparently was stolen from [Merrill's] corporate offices in New Jersey," Gasparino said.
According to sources, the device contained sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, about some 33,000 employees of the financial firm.
The incident allegedly occurred approximately two weeks ago, but Merrill Lynch is "only today getting around to telling people," Gasparino said.
(Props, Data Loss mailing list.)
posted by Fergie @ 8/07/2007 01:26:00 PM
1 Comments:
May be it’s realted to law suit filed by EEOC against them few eeks earlier. You never know with Lynchlettes!
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