Not even Google is immune to cyber attacks.
The company sent a data breach notice to its U.S. employees on Monday, explaining its benefits management provider had mistakenly sent a list of employees’ names and social security numbers to a benefits manager at another company.
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“We have no evidence that any of your information has been misused as a result of this incident, and computer access logs indicate that no other individuals viewed your information before it was deleted,” Teri Wisness, Google’s director of U.S. benefits, wrote in the notice. “In addition, the benefits manager has confirmed that she did not save, download, disclose or otherwise use the information contained in the document.”
No specific benefits information about employees and their families was released.
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Google is paying for identification protection and credit monitoring services for employees for 24 months.
“We regret that this incident occurred,” Wisness wrote, “and are working with the vendor to help ensure that this type of issue does not happen again.”