In the never ending cavalcade of companies that lose worker/customer information we have a new addition. It turns out that a disk with employee data for Alcatel-Lucent has been missing for the last 10 days. The disk, prepared by Hewitt Associates was apparently lost in transit.
The disk includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers, birth dates and salary data for U.S. employees who worked for Lucent and their family members and Lucent retirees and their dependents, the company said. It said the disk did not contain credit card numbers or bank account information.
Ouch. The disk was apparently “lost of stolen between April 5 and May 3”. An unfortunate turn of events. The company is offering individuals at risk, which could be upwards of 20,000+, with credit monitoring for a year.
[tags]Lost Computer Disk, Data Leakage, Privacy, ID Theft[/tags]
