http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Stolen-Google-s-employee-records-/0,130061744,339290305,00.htm By Brendon Chase ZDNet.com.au 03 July 2008 Google has confirmed that personal data of US employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary. Records kept at Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an external company Google and other companies use to handle human resources functions, were stolen in a burglary on 26 May. An undisclosed number of employees' details and those of dependents such as names, addresses, and social security numbers were on the stolen computers. It is understood that Colt did not employ encryption to protect the information. It's still unclear how many more of Colt Express' clients were affected by the breach. CNET Networks (publisher of ZDNet.com.au and Builder AU) was another company affected by the burglary with around 6,500 employee's details stolen. Although there is no evidence of misuse of the data to date, the information obtained could be used by ID thieves to create fake accounts and identities. It's only come to light now that Google was one of the companies affected. Google itself was not burglarised, nor was any of its internal systems compromised. [...] _______________________________________________ Attend Black Hat USA, August 2-7 in Las Vegas, the world's premier technical event for ICT security experts. Featuring 40 hands-on training courses and 80 Briefings presentations with lots of new content and new tools. Network with 4,000 delegates from 50 nations. Visit product displays by 30 top sponsors in a relaxed setting. http://www.blackhat.comReceived on Fri Jul 04 2008 - 02:18:58 PDT
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