Commerce Dept. Delays Breach Alert Because of Backed Up Mail?
January 28, 2010The washingtonpost.com has a little blurb on why the Commerce Department took seven weeks to alert employees that their personal information, including SSNs, were breached.
The reason? It took four weeks for the department to write up the letter after an investigation took place. The breach occurred on December 4, the letters were dated December 31.
But the letters weren’t received until this past Monday because
…apparently got caught in a backlog of mail to be sent to employees, including W-2 income tax forms.
That’s not the kind of explanation employees find comforting.
You’re telling me! Apparently, the problem could have been avoided by using encryption software to secure files.
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