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Facebook has lost a copy of the personal details of more than 20,000 of its employees after a hard drive containing unencrypted payroll information was stolen from an employee's car.
The antisocial network said it is in the process of informing those who were exposed, though so far there is no indication of the purloined details being used for fraud, it is claimed.
"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. We have seen no evidence of abuse and believe this was a smash and grab crime rather than an attempt to steal employee information," a Facebook spokesperson told The Register.
"Out of an abundance of caution, we have notified the current and former employees whose information we believe was stored on the equipment – people who were on our US payroll in 2018 – and are offering them free identity theft and credit monitoring services. This theft impacts current and former Facebook employees only and no Facebook user data was involved."
(Score: 1) by shrewdsheep on Monday December 16 2019, @01:30PM
Good that you bring up M$. The whole incident just goes to show how great of an employer Facebook is. Not only are you encouraged to carry unencrypted data around, you may or may not use company products, and as a result you are offered free services. Wins all around.
On second thought, they mention those former employees. You get employed with Facebook => you do not use Facebook => you are unemployed with Facebook. Now I get it! Facebook wants to create the liar's paradox for real, causing a logical explosion, finally creating love for Facebook (there will not be anything else). How sneaky!