Data Loss Source: About 13,000 employees at Pfizer Inc. had their personal information compromised when a company laptop and flash drive were stolen.
Date of Loss: May 12, 2008
Size of Loss : 1,300
Affected Individuals: Pfizer employees
Geographic Focus: New York, NY
Data contained: Names, home addresses, home telephone numbers, employee ID numbers, positions and salaries were possibly compromised. Other information possibly lost included the department employees worked in, the Pfizer site where the employees worked, the name of employees’ managers and descriptions of their jobs.
Additional Notes: The data breach, which occurred about a month ago, was the second this year affecting Pfizer Inc. employees and the sixth made public in a one-year span dating back to May 2007.
Additional Information: www.TheDay.com

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