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Source: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/02/mcafee.html August 30, 2008 - content has not been altered. Links have been removed. |
Security Company McAfee Loses Employee Data
By Martin H. Bosworth February 27, 2006
Software security company McAfee touts itself as "[leading] the world in discovering, documenting, and addressing breaking
threats and vulnerabilities." But now the company may be looking into increased security protection
An auditor from financial services consultancy Deloitte & Touche lost a compact disc (CD
The unencrypted data included names, addresses, Social Security
The unidentified auditor had apparently been carrying the data on an unlabeled CD, and left it in an airline seat pocket.
The disc was reported missing on Dec. 15th, 2005. McAfee was notified of the incident on Jan. 11th, and after Deloitte conducted an internal investigation, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based software company began notifying affected employees by mail, with the last employee being notified in late February.
Neither McAfee nor Deloitte's spokespersons had an explanation for the length of time between the initial discovery of the theft and McAfee's notification.
McAfee has agreed to provide affected employees with up to two years of free credit monitoring, sponsored by Equifax.
Deloitte & Touche is a subsidiary of Deloitte Touche Tomatsu, a multinational financial services consulting firm that specializes in auditing, corporate tax preparation, and consultation.
One of its chief areas of expertise deals with compliance
McAfee specializes in home and business security
The McAfee data breach is the latest in a series of embarrassing incidents of data loss
According to the group's chronology
The news of the McAfee data loss was met with skeptical derision from the tech community, amused at the irony of a security company suffering a data breach, and exasperated at the inability of companies to protect their workers' personal information.
"How about someone filing a class action lawsuit against Deloitte?" said one commenter, referring to ZDNet's coverage
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