Unencrypted Lost Tape Affects 230 Retailers

Lucas123 tells us that a backup tape lost by Iron Mountain reportedly contains credit card information from 650,000 customers. The unencrypted tape also holds Social Security numbers for 150,000 customers. Quoting the Computerworld Article: "Although J.C. Penney was the only company that Jones would confirm as affected by the missing tape, that retailer accounts for just a small percentage of all accounts that were compromised. In total, 230 retailers are affected by the breach. 'Clearly that number includes many of the national retail organizations,' he said."

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Iron Monkey

[Anonymous Coward]

This is the firm known as Iron Monkey by the network staff at two *huge* firms yet management keep giving them the contract, probably because they're cheap (pay peanuts, etc). After the volume of behind-the-scenes tales I've heard about these idiots I wouldn't trust them with a crayon.