Media giant Time Warner said Monday that it lost a container of computer backup tapes with information on current and former employees.
The tapes, which were misplaced by an outside data-storage company, contained company data including the names and Social Security numbers of U.S. employees and their dependents, the company said in a statement.
Time Warner Inc. did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the incident, which occurred when the backup tapes were being transferred to a storage facility. Time Warner said it doesn’t have any evidence that the data has been viewed or used improperly.
“We take the security of our employees’ personal information extremely seriously, and we deeply regret that this incident occurred,” Larry Cockell, chief security officer at Time Warner, said in a statement.
This sure sounds like it’s becoming a trend now. -KF
Source: eWeek
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