OK, I’m out of bed and starting to feel a little more human.
So, first up. It seems that employees of the pharma giant Bristol-Myers Squibb are a little uneasy today. It turns out that a backup tape containing personal info on former and current staff was pilfered from the back of a delivery truck.
Well, that’s gotta suck.
From Network World:
However, according to a security breach notification letter sent by the firm to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s office, personal data of 458 residents of that state was stored on the stolen tape.
Hortas declined to disclose where the theft occurred or any other circumstances regarding the incident, citing an ongoing investigation by Bristol-Myers and law enforcement authorities. She also would not identify the third-party storage vendor hired by Bristol-Myers to transport the sensitive data.
I hope it wasn’t Iron Mountain again. They could use a break. While the 458 affected might seem like a small number consider this,
included the names, addresses, birthdays, Social Security numbers, marital status, bank account numbers, salaries, and hiring and termination/retirement dates of the affected employees. In addition, the tape has Social Security and address information about dependents of former and current employees.
Now, that really sucks.