One of the problems that we all face these days is the safety of our data, namely personal data. The third party vendor, Iron Mountain, has reportedly lost the personal information for roughly 17,000 employees of the Long Island Railroad. The NYPD said that the loss also included information pertaining to the US department of Veterans Affairs.
New York police on Thursday said the loss also involved data tapes belonging to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It was reported by the driver while his van was parked outside a VA hospital in the Bronx.
Now, Iron Mountain then said,
Iron Mountain said its investigators believe the loss was the result of an accident, rather than theft.
Huh? A little CYA damage control?
Iron Mountain said in a statement that it was “extremely unlikely” anyone who found the railroad’s tapes could access the information, because it would require “highly specialized expertise, specific software and sophisticated technology equipment.”
Now this section of the article on MSNBC just makes me giggle. Have they never heard of the monster that is, eBay? Now, as you may of may not be aware, Iron Mountain has suffered from data being lost in transit before. In 2005 they disclosed that they had managed to lose backup tapes from Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and Time Warner Inc.
[tags]Backup,Storage, Iron Mountain, NYPD, Data Protecion[/tags]
