Data theft from Verizon
Two laptop computers containing personal data on an undisclosed number of Verizon employees, were recently stolen.
The laptops were supposedly part of a “random theft” from a Verizon building, and the data is supposedly password-protected. The affected employees were notified by the company on March 1.
This follows problems at Verizon Wireless, where a software problem allowed millions of customer records to be viewed by other customers.
Read the whole story here.
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