Caught in the Act: IT Contractor Stole Shell Oil Employee Data
October 13th, 2008 by Agent Smith (0) DLP,Data Theft & Loss,Identity Theft,endpoint security,security breach
If you’re thinking to prevent inside threats by hiring consultants from outside your company, think again! They’re drive to make money using others’ identities is a genuine concern. Take Shell Oil for example, who caught one of its IT contractors stealing personal data on its employees from one of the US databases of the company.
After descovering the unnamed employee of a vendor working on said US database used the social security numbers and other info of four employees to file bogus unemployment claims, Shell Oil warned all its former and current personnel they have been exposed to identity theft. More on the ongoing investigation in the Register.
