BP loses laptop with unencrypted personal data for 13,000 oil spill claimants
- Xeni Jardin
- Uncategorized
- Mar 30, 2011
- News, Safety, security
Oil giant BP reports that an employee lost a laptop containing personal data for 13,000 people seeking compensation for the 2010 Gulf oil spill. The data included SSNs, phone numbers, and other identifying info; it wasn’t encrypted, and the circumstances in which the device was lost aren’t clear. BBC, CNN, AP.