Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Data breach at Pfizer

<A HREF="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1270736,00.html?track=sy160&asrc=RSS_RSS-10_160">Pfizer disclosed a new data breach</A> at the company that exposed as many as 34,000 employees to potential identity fraud.

In a letter sent by Pfizer attorney, Bernard Nash to state attorneys general around the nation, the pharmaceutical giant said an employee removed copies of confidential information from a Pfizer computer system late last year. It was the third disclosure of a data breach at the New York City-based company in the last three months.

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