[Dataloss] CT: Pfizer Has Another Breach of Security

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Pfizer Inc., criticized by security professionals after a data breach 
exposed 17,000 employees and former employees to possible identity theft 
earlier this year, has notified state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal 
of another incident, this time affecting 950 people.

"I am deeply disturbed and troubled by these continuing security problems 
with information that should be closely safeguarded," Blumenthal said 
today. "This kind of information should be treated as if it was cash 
because it has the same value as cash to someone who might misuse it."

In a letter dated July 20 but received just recently by Blumenthal's 
office, attorney Bernard Nash said a management consulting company named 
Axia Ltd. had notified Pfizer on June 14 of an incident in which two 
Pfizer laptops were stolen from a locked car. The laptops, which 
disappeared May 31 in Boston, included the names and Social Security 
numbers of health-care professionals who "were providing or considering 
providing contract services for Pfizer," according to the letter.

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