Data Breach: Pfizer - 13,000 Employee Records Compromised

According to news sources preliminary reports indicate that in May 2008 pharmaceutical giant Pfizer suffered a data security breach involving a stolen laptop that contained 13,000 employee records. While it appears that social security numbers were not involved, names, home addresses, telephone numbers, employee ID numbers, job titles and salary information may have been compromised in this security breach.

Pfizer has reported a number of breaches over the past year, including a breach earlier this year also affecting employees. According to news sources Pfizer has sent more than 65,000 data breach notifications over the past twelve months.

If you are a Pfizer employee and suspect that your information was stolen during this or another security breach, you need to take action now to prevent identity theft. Whether the breach occurred last week or last year, your personal information is in criminal hands and could be used at any time for identity theft. Typical credit monitoring only reports theft after damage has been done. Only through proactive, preventative identity monitoring can you be sure that your identity, assets, and credit are safe.

At the IdentityTruth website, you can learn about the latest advancements in identity theft prevention and use online tools to instantly check to see if your identity has been compromised.

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