Missing CD with Employee Data Affects Thousands

Newly merged Alcatel-Lucent is warning thousands of employees and retirees that personal information such as Social Security numbers, names and addresses may have been exposed after a CD prepared by a vendor was reported missing. The unencrypted disc was crafted by one of the telecommunication company's vendors, Hewitt Associates. It contains names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and salary data of Alcatel-Lucent employees on the U.S. payroll who worked for Lucent and their dependents. The disc contains the same information about Lucent retirees and their dependents as well.

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