Payroll Processor Reveals Data Breach

Ceridian Says 27,000 Customers at Risk After Recent Hack A Minneapolis-based payroll processor informed 27,000 of its customers last week that their personal data may be at risk after a hacker attacked the company's payroll system last December.

Ceridian, the payroll processing company, says in a letter to affected customers that the hacker attacked its systems on December 22 and 23, potentially revealing Social Security numbers, birthdates and bank accounts of employees working at 1,900 companies nationwide.

A Ceridian spokesman says the breach was reported to the FBI, but the affected customers were not notified until last week that their private information could be compromised. The spokesman says the company knows of no financial losses related to the hacker attack.

It's the second security breach in three year at Ceridian, which posted revenues of $1.6 billion in 2009. In 2007, the theft of financial information involved a former employee.


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Linda McGlasson

Linda McGlasson

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Linda McGlasson is a seasoned writer and editor with 20 years of experience in writing for corporations, business publications and newspapers. She has worked in the Financial Services industry for more than 12 years. Most recently Linda headed information security awareness and training and the Computer Incident Response Team for Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC), a subsidiary of the NYSE Group (NYX). As part of her role she developed infosec policy, developed new awareness testing and led the company's incident response team. In the last two years she's been involved with the Financial Services Information Sharing Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), editing its quarterly member newsletter and identifying speakers for member meetings.




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