Thursday, 31. March 2011
Topic: SECURITY - on March 31, 2011 at 9:58:00 AM CEST
BP loses laptop with unencrypted personal data for 13,000 oil spill claimants
A laptop containing personal data of 13,000 people seeking compensation over the 2010 Gulf oil spill has been lost by a BP employee, the company says.
The group of Louisiana residents had been seeking payouts for damage related to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in April 2010.
BP has sent letters to the individuals affected by the security breach and offered to pay for credit monitoring.
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