Google has confirmed that personal data of US employees hired prior to 2006 has 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 is still unclear how many more of Colt Express's clients were affected by the breach. US employees of CNET Networks (publisher of ZDNet.co.uk) were also affected by the burglary, with around 6,500 employees' 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 has only come to light now that Google was one of the companies affected. Google itself was not burgled, nor were any of its internal systems compromised.
View: ZDNet
alright, seriously WTF is going on
if your buisness is to store people's names, addresses and SS numbers then why in the hell wouldn't you use encryption? and why aren't your computer locked down so they can't be stolen? even my freaking middle school figured out how to attach a cable from the PC to a desk and put a lock on it
if a company has your info and the don't use encryption, they should be punished for criminal recklessness
alright, seriously WTF is going on
if your buisness is to store people's names, addresses and SS numbers then why in the hell wouldn't you use encryption? and why aren't your computer locked down so they can't be stolen? even my freaking middle school figured out how to attach a cable from the PC to a desk and put a lock on it
if a company has your info and the don't use encryption, they should be punished for criminal recklessness
yea those cables are totally unbreakable...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUKP8h3OSfw
I agree with encryption though...
yea i meant a REAL security cable. ones you need bolt cutters to get off
*Tha dum tisch*
*Tha dum tisch*
Very very nice joke
not to mention the fact that they were outsourcing such a sensitive role in their own company...google can't afford to have their own H.R. in house?....outsourcing sucks imho.
Last edited by dysmatik on 03 Jul 2008 - 10:43
Wot, only 4 letters?
ball
bomb
bird
boil
????
or are you referring to a female dog......
Anyway, the actually saying is: "Karma is a load of bollocks"
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