Fwd: [Dataloss] AT&T management staff data on stolen laptop

Shouldn't the physician have been healthy before attending to
patients?  AT&T is definitely not your mother's Bell anymore!

(Apologies to those who groaned at that). :-)

Arshad Noor
StrongAuth, Inc.

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Henry Brown" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 1:32:37 PM (GMT-0800) America/Los_Angeles
Subject: Re: [Dataloss] AT&T management staff data on stolen laptop

An Interesting "press release" from AT&T the day BEFORE they "announced" 
the loss of the laptop

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=25761

AT&T Launches Encryption Services to Help Businesses Secure E-Mail and Data
[...]
"Data protection and loss prevention is becoming increasingly critical 
for businesses of all sizes with data breaches costing organizations 
more and more each year," said S. Dale McHenry, vice president, 
Enterprise Network Services, AT&T. "AT&T's managed security services 
provide businesses with the tools and resources that they need to 
securely handle their data, helping to enforce data privacy and save 
money with the electronic transfer of documents."
[...]



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Dataloss] AT&T management staff data on stolen laptop
From: rchick <>
To: 
Date: 6/4/2008 7:15 PM

> http://www.scmagazineus.com/ATT-management-staff-data-on-stolen-laptop/article/110884/
>
> An undisclosed number of management-level workers at AT&T have been
> notified that their personal information was stored unencrypted on a
> stolen laptop.
[...]