[Dataloss] Colt Express breach exposes Google employees

[rchick]

July 2, 2008
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/07/data_breach_exposes_info_on_pr.html?nav=rss_blog

A data breach at a California company that administers benefit plans
to businesses across the country involved personal information on all
Google employees hired prior to Dec. 31, 2005, the search engine giant
said.

Google's disclosure came in a letter (PDF) to the New Hampshire
Attorney General, which revealed that Google was a victim of a
break-in at Colt Express Outsourcing Services Inc.. Last month, Colt
warned that the theft of computer equipment from its offices resulted
in the loss of the names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of
6,500 CNET Networks employees. Google said that same information from
its employees also was included on the missing equipment.

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