NASA employee’s laptop stolen, sensitive data at stake | Alertsec Xpress Data Security Blog. Kennedy Space Center experiences laptop theft Where and how was the laptop stolen? The laptop theft of NASA’s employee took place outside the home of the employee’s car where he had left his laptop. This theft has caused 2300 employees of Kennedy space centre to suffer. The laptop contained personal information like employee names, race, and national origin, and gender, date of birth, contact information, college affiliation and grade-point average. NASA is providing affected employees with one year’s worth of free cyber, identity, and credit monitoring and recovery services whose personal information was in the stolen laptop. This theft has definitely opened eyes of all IT security systems and they are taking additional efforts towards data protection, encryption of devices. NASA officials had a hard time ‘cleaning their act’.
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Www.bordgais.ie/files/corporate/news/20091104010903_DPC REPORT.pdf. Search Results | siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News Service. Nexis® UK: Document. Irish telco admits data breach affecting 7,000 customers. Posted by Information Age on 10 February 2012 Share article 0googleplus Short of time? Print this pageEmail article Three laptops belonging to Irish telco Eircom that were stolen in two separate incidents in December and January contained unencrypted data pertaining to 6,845 current and former customers, the company admitted today.
The lost data includes financial details of up to 550 customers of the telco's mobile telephony subsidiaries, eMobile and Meteor. Speaking on Irish morning radio, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner Billy Hawkes said this was one of the "most serious breaches" his office had ever seen due to the sensitive nature of the information, the long delay before Eircom informed customers, and the fact that a telecommunications company Eircom is subject to stricter data security laws. Eircom said the delay in notifying customers was due to their need to find out what information was on the laptops. Potential data breach as eircom laptops stolen. Eircom has today reported a potential data breach for customers following the theft of three laptops. Two of the computers were stolen from eircom's offices at Parkwest in Dublin between December 28, 2011 to January 2, 2012, and the third was taken from the home of an employee on December 19. The data on all of the laptops was not encrypted.
The company says the theft has resulted in a potential data breach for more than 6,845 eMobile and Meteor customers, as well as 686 employees. "Specifically, there is a potential data risk for 6,441 current and previous eMobile business customers, dating from August 2010 until December 2011," said a company statement regarding the Parkwest theft. "The data at risk for the vast majority of customers is personal data including names, addresses and telephone numbers.
There is a small group of approximately 146 customers where financial data including bank account details may be at risk. The theft has sparked a review of the firm's encryption policy. Eircom IT Perspective - Solutions - Improving Business Performance. Many IT managers are updating their BC plans to include such business services as remote working and outsourcing of vital services.
While both are powerful tools for safeguarding workforce productivity and operational continuity, it is imperative to scrutinise the embedded security of any BC solutions you are considering. Address the risks of a shifting network perimeter As the perimeter of the corporate network moves beyond office walls to home-based and mobile devices, the risks of data leakage, data theft and asset theft increase significantly.
There are also issues around ensuring staff productivity and availability at the same level as on-site. eircom has deployed solutions across a number of industries and can safeguard operational continuity and productivity in the event of any major incident impacting your workforce. From hardened remote access to fully secured off-site managed services, we have embedded all of our solutions with robust security measures: Eircom computer theft exposes customer and employee data. Unencrypted laptops stolen, despite company encryption policy Print Pro Read More: Data protection security The Eircom Group has confirmed that the theft of three laptops has resulted in the loss of information on 6,845 eMobile and Meteor customers along with 686 employees.
Two of the laptops were stolen Eircom premises at Parkwest, Dublin, with another machine being stolen from an employee’s home. Paul Bradley, head of Communications, Eircom Group, confirmed that the stolen computers were not encrypted, despite a stated policy for such computers to be encrypted. A statement from the group has said that "the incident was immediately reported to the Gardaí and an investigation is on-going.
" The computer that was stolen from the private residence of an Eircom employee contained "names and addresses of 686 Meteor employees. " "Specifically, there is a potential data risk for 6,441 current and previous eMobile business customers, dating from August 2010 until December 2011. TechCentral Reporters. Eircom Laptops Stolen | IT Security Ireland. Posted on 10 February 2012 Tags: criminals, customers, eircom, employees, encrypted, financial data, laptops, passport, stolen Eircom has announced that in December a number of company laptops were stolen.
The laptops, which contain information of almost 7000 employees and customers were not encrypted. Financial information, passport copies & driving licences comprise some of the data that was stored on the devices. While there is currently no evidence that the information has been used fraudulently, in the right (or wrong as the case may be) hands, this kind of information could be a little goldmine for criminals. Eircom have announced that they are currently reviewing encryption policies for mobile devices. Eircom laptop theft: 7,000 customers' bank details at risk - Ireland’s CIO and strategy news and reports service.
Three laptops stolen from Eircom’s offices in west Dublin and an employee’s home could contain financial information relating to 6,845 eMobile and Meteor customers, along with 686 employees. Eircom has reported the breach to the Data Protection Commissioner. As a precaution, the Irish Banking Federation has also been notified because the laptops are understood to have contained bank account, laser or credit card details. The operator said the breach is a result of the theft of three laptops, two laptops from Eircom's offices at Park West, Dublin, and a third laptop stolen from an employee's home. The incidents were immediately reported to the gardai and two separate investigations are ongoing. There is no evidence at this time that the data at risk has been used by a third party. "Eircom treats privacy and protection of all data extremely seriously and we have taken the following pro-active measures to address the situation," Eircom said.
John Kennedy. Www.eircomforbusiness.com/images/uploads/Security_risk_analysis_assessment_.pdf. Eircom IT Perspective - Improving Business Performance. 4. Engage with and inspire users to smooth the transition Nominating a central team to evangelise and demonstrate the UC, VoIP and mobility functionality of 1HSQ was an effective way to acquaint staff with the new tools at their disposal. 1HSQ introduces systems like building-wide Wi-Fi for all staff and guests, hotdesks for visiting staff and guests, UC tools like enterprise-class instant messaging and online collaborative workspaces, IP telephony and "softphones". eircom's team of technology evangelists helped staff grasp what these tools would mean for them: including elimination of time lost in trying to contact colleagues, improved teamworking and reduced travel thanks to desktop videoconferencing.
A 1HSQ SharePoint portal was also created that attracted 60,000 hits in the first month alone; it both informed staff about the move and vividly illustrated what SharePoint, part of the new UC toolset, can do. 5. Did 1HSQ meet its organisational goals? Group Statement on Laptop Theft | Press Releases | Eircom Press Room. Eircom has reported a potential data breach for up to 6,845 eMobile and Meteor customers along with 686 employees to the Data Protection Commissioner. The breach is a result of the theft of three laptops, two laptops from eircom’s offices at Parkwest, Dublin and a third laptop stolen from the home of an employee.
The incidents were immediately reported to the Gardai and two separate investigations are ongoing. There is no evidence at this time that the data at risk has been used by a third party. eircom treats privacy and protection of all data extremely seriously and we have taken the following pro-active measures to address the situation. More than 20 customer care agents and account managers have initiated a contact programme to telephone all 550 customers whose financial data may be at risk. The agents will notify the customers of the risk and inform them of the specific data involved. eMobile business customers can contact us directly on 1800 428278 or can visit www.emobile.ie . IT Law in Ireland: Data Protection Commissioner investigating Eircom's "three strikes" system. Between the bank holiday weekend and the Sunday Times paywall Mark Tighe's story last week revealing that the Data Protection Commissioner is investigating the Eircom / IRMA three strikes system didn't receive the attention it deserved.
However the investigation has the potential to entirely derail the system and needs to be considered further. First, the background. I'm disappointed but not surprised to find that my 2009 prediction - that Eircom would end up falsely accusing innocent users - has come to pass in relation to 300 users: THE "three strikes" scheme to prevent music piracy, which is operated by Eircom at the behest of record companies, is being investigated by the data protection commissioner (DPC) after customers said they were sent warning letters in error.
The investigation began after an Eircom customer complained that he had wrongly received a "first strike" letter. The company has admitted it incorrectly issued such warnings to a "limited number" of customers. Nexis® UK: Document. More than 8,000 Eircom StudyHub customers hacked in data breach. Image: Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland THE ACCOUNT DETAILS of more than 8,000 users of Eircom’s StudyHub service were compromised this week after a server was hacked.
Some 8,404 customers’ usernames and passwords fell victim to the attack, which took place on Thursday against a server run by Clear Voice Systems Ltd, trading as ExamSupport.ie. Details of another 2,425 people who were ExamSupport.ie customers but not StudyHub users were also breached. In a statement, Eircom said today that no other customer information was at risk, and that Exam Support had responded immediately to stop the attack. “Exam Support has taken steps now to reassure us that security systems are strengthened,” an Eircom spokesman told TheJournal.ie. It’s believed the breach took the form of an SQL attack, in which a bogus query is sent to the website to extract information. All 20,000 StudyHub users have been emailed about the breach and asked to change their passwords. Already a fan? Statement on StudyHub Data Breach | Press Releases | Eircom Press Room. Press Releases Following notification from one of our service providers, eircom today has informed 8,404 users of its online study tool, eircom StudyHub, of a potential data breach which occurred Thursday, 16 February, 2012.
Clear Voice Systems Ltd, trading as Exam Support and provider of the eircom StudyHub service, informed eircom yesterday evening that their server had been hacked, including user name and password details for some registered users. Examsupport.ie responded immediately to stop the attack and has since strengthened its security to protect against any future breaches.
The hack created a risk to 10,829 accounts details including 8,404 eircom StudyHub customers. eircom informed the Data Protection Commissioner and the Gardai today. No other customer information is at risk. eircom apologises to its customers for the inconvenience caused.