VeriSign Experiences Laptop Theft, Security Breach
John Leyden writes on The Register:
VeriSign has warned workers of the theft of a laptop that contained their personal information.More here.
The laptop was stolen from a car parked in the garage of a California worker sometime on the night of 12 July. The laptop contained personal information - name, Social Security number, date of birth, salary information, telephone numbers, and home addresses - of an unknown number of VeriSign employees. Bank account numbers or password information were not stored on the machine.
Data on the machine was not encrypted, in contravention of VeriSign policies, raising ID theft concerns. The unnamed worker involved has left VeriSign while the web security firm has responded by promising to tighten up its security policies.
posted by Fergie @ 8/06/2007 11:22:00 AM
1 Comments:
VeriSign remains deliberately silent event though they're aware there has been identity theft following the loss of the laptop. Public image trumps candor every time.
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