Laptop of VeriSign employee stolen
A laptop containing the personal information of VeriSign’s current and former employees was stolen from an employee’s car last month, the company confirmed Tuesday.
In an e-mailed statement, VeriSign, a digital infrastructure vendor that manages Internet domain names such as .com and also provides security services, said it was taking the recent laptop theft “very seriously” and that the company initiated an investigation as soon as the theft was discovered.
“We have no reason to believe that the thief or thieves acted with the intent to extract and use this information,” according to the company’s statement. “The local police have said the theft may be tied to a series of neighborhood burglaries. We disabled any access by the employee’s computer to the VeriSign network.”
The statement also said the employee involved “has since left VeriSign.”
Full article and source: Network World
