[Dataloss] Ceridian accidentally leaks data from NY firm

[Patrick Hack]

Just wondering, how do you 'Accidentally' take private customer
information as you're leaving employment and 'Accidentally' post it to
your personal web site?  This sure sounds like straight-up data theft to
me.
 
P. Hack

>>> lyger <lyger at attrition.org> 4/26/2007 11:01 AM >>>

http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2007/04/23/daily36.html


Payroll processing firm Ceridian Corp. accidentally leaked employee
data 
from a New York advertising firm on a Web site, the company confirmed 
Thursday.

Bloomington-based Ceridian (NYSE: CEN) notified New York advertising 
company Innovation Interactive last week , after it learned that it had

inadvertently leaked ID and bank-account data on 150 employees, company

spokesman Pete Stoddart said.

Ceridian said a former employee accidentally posted the information on
a 
personal Web site. The employee took the data by accident after leaving

the company in March 2006.

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