Over 6,500 CNET Employees Notified of Theft After Data Breach

CNET was one of several clients when some equipment was stolen from an outsourcing service. Information stolen, ”…contains the human resources data of several of their clients including CNET networks”.

• Link from PC World, posted on June 23, 2008 – http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147460/cnet_employees_notified_after_data_breach.html

More than 6,500 CNET Networks employees and relatives are being notified of a possible data breach after burglars stole computer systems from the offices of the company that administers the Internet publisher’s benefit plans.

The computers contained names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and employment information of the beneficiaries of CNET’s health insurance plans.