Vincent Arnold

Pfizer Employee Data Exposed - (June 11, 2007)

File-sharing software installed on a Pfizer employee’s work-supplied laptop exposed personally identifiable information of approximately 17,000 current and former employees of the international pharmaceutical company. The computer had been issued so the employee could work from home; the employee’s spouse installed the file-sharing software. Pfizer has confirmed that some files containing the employee data were accessed. The affected employees are being notified by mail. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is investigating the incident.

http://www.pharmalot.com/2007/06/pfizer-17000-employees-suffer-privacy-breach
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1120285320070611
http://doj.nh.gov/consumer/pdf/Pfizer2.pdf

Source: SANS

This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 at 5:18 pm and is filed under Security Breach.