Tham khảo tài liệu 'ethical hacking and countermeasures - phần 55', công nghệ thông tin, an ninh - bảo mật phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | c E H Certified Ethical Hacker Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures Version 6 Module LV Preventing Data Loss IM c E H News Certified Ethical Hacker 4p Associated Press Go to Google News Data Lost on 650 000 Credit Card Holders By DAVID KOENIG - Jan 17 2008 PLANO Texas AP Personal information on about E5Ũ ŨŨŨ customers of . Penney and up to 1ŨŨ other retailers could be compromised after a computer tape went missing. GE Money which handles credit card operations for Penney and many other retailers said Thursday night that the missing information includes Social Security numbers for about 150 000 people. The information was on a backup computer tape that was discovered missing last October. It was being stored at a warehouse run by Iron Mountain Inc. a data storage company and was never checked out but can t be found either said Richard c. Jones a spokesman for GE Money part of General Electric Capital Corp. Jones said there was no indication of theft or anything of that sort and no evidence of fraudulent activity on the accounts involved. Iron Mountain spokesman Dan O Neill said it would take specialized skills for someone to glean the personal data from the tape. He said the company regretted losing the tape but because of the volume of information we handle and the fact people are involved we have occasionally made mistakes. Penney said it had been told of the situation and referred further inquiries to GE Money. Jones declined to identify the other retailers whose customers information is missing but said it includes many of the large retail organizations. Jones said GE Money was paying for 12 months of credit-monitoring service for customers whose Social Security numbers were on the tape. Source http Copyright by Ec-Council EC-Council All Rights Reserved. Reproduction is Strictly Prohibited TM CIEH Module Objective Certified Ethical Hacker EC-Council Copyright by Ec-Council All Rights Reserved. Reproduction is Strictly .
