Data Breach Alert: MTV exposes personal data of 5,000 employees

Posted by Joe on March 8th, 2008

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Computer file containing names, birth dates, social security numbers and compensation data of about 5,000 MTV Networks employees was exposed to an unauthorized individual according to a memo sent to impacted employees this week.

The Internet connection on a company computer was compromised by an outside party which exposed he the employee personal data according to a statement by MTV Networks Executive Vice President for Human Resources, Catherine Houser.

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