• About
  • Advertise
  • Careers
  • Contact
Monday, February 6, 2023
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
Cyber360 News
  • Home
  • Security
  • Data Breach
  • Cyber Attacks
  • Cyber Security
  • Cyber Crime
  • Contact Us
  • Home
  • Security
  • Data Breach
  • Cyber Attacks
  • Cyber Security
  • Cyber Crime
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Cyber360 News
No Result
View All Result
Home Security

A thief stole hard drives containing Facebook payroll data from a car

by Cyber360 News
December 17, 2019
in Security
0
A thief stole hard drives containing Facebook payroll data from a car
0
SHARES
1
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Facebook informed its employees that hard drives containing information about its workers’ payroll were stolen from a car last month.

On Friday, Facebook announced that hard drives containing information about its workers’ payroll were stolen from a car last month.

According to the company, a thief stole unencrypted hard drives containing banking data belonging to 29,000 Facebook employees.

The hard drives contained information on US workers who were employed by Facebook in 2018, exposed data includes bank account numbers, employee names, the last four digits of their social security numbers, their salaries, bonuses, and equity details. The company notified the data theft to its staff via email Friday morning.

“We worked with law enforcement as they investigated a recent car break-in and theft of an employee’s bag containing company equipment with employee payroll information stored on it,” the spokeswoman said in a statement shared with Bloomberg. “We have seen no evidence of abuse and believe this was a smash and grab crime rather than an attempt to steal employee information.”

The theft took place on November 17, and Facebook discovered the absence of the hard drives on November 20. On November 29, a “forensic investigation” confirmed that those hard drives included employee payroll information.

According to Bloomberg, the theft stole the hard drives from a member of Facebook’s payroll department, and it wasn’t supposed to have taken the hard drives outside the campus.

The member of the payroll department was keeping the hard drives in a bag.

“Out of an abundance of caution, we have notified the current and former employees whose information we believe was stored on the equipment and are offering them free identity theft and credit monitoring services,” Facebook said.

The social media giant is working with police investigating the theft.

“Facebook is still working with law enforcement to recover the information, though none of the hard drives have been found. In an email, Facebook encouraged employees to notify their banks and offered them a two-year subscription to an identity theft monitoring service.” concludes Facebook.

Pierluigi Paganini

(SecurityAffairs – Facebook, crime)



Share On


Cyber360 News

Cyber360 News

Next Post
data breach protection

The 2020 State of Breach Protection Survey – Call for Participation

Recent Posts

Twitch’s Entire Critical Data Leaked, Includes Streamer Earnings, Source Code

Twitch’s Entire Critical Data Leaked, Includes Streamer Earnings, Source Code

October 6, 2021
Former U.S. Security Firm Helped The UAE Carry Out “Karma” iMessage Hack: MIT Tech Review

Former U.S. Security Firm Helped The UAE Carry Out “Karma” iMessage Hack: MIT Tech Review

October 1, 2021
Facing “This App Has Been Blocked For Your Protection” Issue? Here’s How You Can Fix It

Facing “This App Has Been Blocked For Your Protection” Issue? Here’s How You Can Fix It

October 1, 2021

Whats New in Kali Linux?

September 14, 2021

Kali Linux 2019.3 Release (CloudFlare, Kali-status, metapackages, Helper-Scripts & LXD)

September 14, 2021

Kali Linux 2021.3 Release (OpenSSL, Kali-Tools, Kali Live VM Support, Kali NetHunter Smartwatch)

September 14, 2021

Kali Linux 2018.4 Release

September 14, 2021

Kali Linux 1.0.5 and Software Defined Radio

September 14, 2021

Kali Tools Website Launched, 1.0.9 Release

September 14, 2021

Kali Linux Dojo at Black Hat Vegas 2016

September 14, 2021

Category

Site Links

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

About Us

We bring you the best Premium WordPress Themes that perfect for news, magazine, personal blog, etc. Check our landing page for details.

© 2019 Cyber360 News - Powered by WebSensePro

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Security
  • Data Breach
  • Cyber Attacks
  • Cyber Security
  • Cyber Crime
  • Contact Us

© 2019 Cyber360 News - Powered by WebSensePro

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In