Iron Mountain in further data loss
05/05/2006 17:20:00
Iron Mountain, the data protection and storage firm, has suffered a further security setback just over a year after it lost 600,000 past and current Time Warner employees' data.
The latest breach involves the company mislaying back-up tapes for two of its customers - the Long Island Rail Road Company and another unnamed firm.
Lost during a routine delivery, the Long Island Rail Road Company tapes are thought to have contained employees' personal information – but Iron Mountain has played down fears that identity theft may result.
Silicon.com quotes the firm as stating: "There is no evidence to suggest the information on the back-up tapes has been accessed by unauthorised persons.
"It is unlikely that someone interested in stealing identities would ever target back-up tapes because the information would be too difficult to access and read; it would require highly specialised expertise, specific software and sophisticated technology equipment."
An investigation carried out in collaboration with the New York Police Department (NYPD) and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) ruled out foul play and ascertained that the loss was likely to have been accidental.
This is in fact the third incident of data loss involving Iron Mountain after it also mislaid some of an ISP's backup tapes last year.
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