Stolen laptop had Gap job applicants' data

[Killer360]

Stolen laptop had Gap job applicants' data
Computer had unprotected data on 800,000 people

SOURCE: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21038549/

SAN FRANCISCO - The Gap company says a thief stole a laptop computer that contained the personal information of about 800,000 job applicants.

The clothing retailer says the information was unencrypted and included Social Security numbers and other data from people who applied online and by phone between July 2006 and last June 2007. It says the applications were for jobs at Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic and Outlet stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada.

Gap says the laptop was lifted from the offices of a third-party vendor that manages job applicant data. Multiple companies manage the Gap's data, so not every job applicant would have had their confidential information compromised.


I have never, and will never work for the Gap company.

[Camel]

I won't even shop there

[iago]

Until they can beat 45.7 million identities compromised, it's boring.

(if you don't know what I'm talking about, google "45.7")

[Ender]

Until they can beat 45.7 million identities compromised, it's boring.

(if you don't know what I'm talking about, google "45.7")

Holy shit. That's like about 16% of the population of the US, and I read that it's about 30% of the working population (which seems to be a reasonable estimation).

[Explicit]

Until they can beat 45.7 million identities compromised, it's boring.

(if you don't know what I'm talking about, google "45.7")

Insane...

[Newby]

http://meshier.com/docs/oreilly/unix2/upt/ch45_07.htm <-- iago I'm confused!

The company was based in Massachusetts. Very close to Hitmen. Blame him!

[Killer360]

Crazy Americans not securing there shit.. 

[iago]

Crazy Americans not securing there shit.. 

No, crazy Americans have laws that force them to report data breaches. Canada has way less reported breaches, but Canadian companies aren't required to report them.