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Payroll data for 29,000 Facebook employees reportedly stolen


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The payroll data on 29,000 Facebook was reportedly stolen off unencrypted hard drives.


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The personal banking information for thousands of Facebook employees was stolen last month, Bloomberg reported Friday. The data breach reportedly occurred when someone stole multiple unencrypted physical hard drives from a Facebook payroll staffer’s car. Info on the hard drives included names, bank account numbers, the last four Social Security Number digits, salaries, bonus amounts and equity details, the report said.

The drives contained personal data for about 29,000 Facebook employees, Bloomberg said, quoting a company spokesperson. Facebook reportedly alerted staff on Dec. 13 after discovering the theft on Nov. 20. The drives were stolen on Nov. 17, the report said.

“We worked with law enforcement as they investigated a recent car break-in and theft of an employee’s bag containing company equipment with employee payroll information stored on it,” a Facebook spokeswoman confirmed to Bloomberg. “We have seen no evidence of abuse and believe this was a smash-and-grab crime rather than an attempt to steal employee information.”

Facebook didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.


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