[Dataloss] Data Breach No. 4 Comes From Outside Pfizer

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Pfizer Inc. employees, already wracked by three data breaches this year, 
have been getting notices in their mailboxes about yet another security 
problem, this time with no direct connection to the company.

The spouses and domestic partners of about 1,800 Pfizer employees, 
including 23 from Connecticut, learned late last month about a data breach 
at Wheels Inc., which provides cars to the company, mostly for use by its 
sales force. It could not be determined how many local residents were 
affected, but a company spokeswoman pointed out that the Pfizer Global 
Research & Development benefits package does not include company cars and 
salespeople do not work out of local offices.

The breach at Wheels, first reported by the Pharmalot Web site, released 
onto the Internet names, addresses, birth dates and driver's license 
numbers, but not Social Security numbers, according to the company.

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