[Dataloss] Ceridian accidentally leaks data from NY firm

[Katie Felten]

P, my thoughts exactly when I read this article this morning

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From: dataloss-bounces at attrition.org [mailto:dataloss-bounces at attrition.org]
On Behalf Of Patrick Hack
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 11:15 AM
To: dataloss at attrition.org
Subject: Re: [Dataloss] Ceridian accidentally leaks data from NY firm

 

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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