http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/nuclear-station-suffers-data-breach-from-lost-usb-stick-10731 By Tom Jowitt eWEEK Europe UK October 19, 2010 The data breach threat posed by USB sticks has once again been exposed after nuclear processing company Sellafield began an investigation into the loss of a USB device, said to contain information about its business operations. The USB device was found in a hotel room at the Ennerdale Country House Hotel in Cumbria by coach driver Craig Beavan. The data was reportedly unencrypted and included details of a proposed workforce transfer and the benefits of the staff transfer, including lower costs and reduced liabilities. There was also information on the stick that suggested that the International Atomic Energy Agency technicians visiting the site were not sufficiently briefed on health and safety regulations. Investigation Launched Beavan said that he found the stick on the floor of his room at the hotel and then checked its contents on his computer to identify who it belonged to. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Wed Oct 20 2010 - 22:52:50 PDT
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