Via TechTarget Security -
Employees at MTV Networks are watching their credit reports more closely after the company acknowledged that the personal information of 5,000 employees was stolen late last week.
The attack took place via a laptop Internet connection, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Viacom Inc., which owns MTV Networks, did not release further details of the attack.
In an email to employees, Viacom said employee names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth had been stolen. Viacom said in a statement that law enforcement had been contacted and a criminal investigation is ongoing.
Companies are under increased pressure to guard against data security breaches. Security experts say it takes a mixture of strict security policies, end-user education and security technologies to help thwart an attack.
"This is one of those classic problems where people are so confused and when it happens, they get frozen into inaction," said Prat Moghe, founder and chief technology officer of database security vendor, Tizor Systems Inc. Rather than going into areas where they're weak on protection, they end up spending more and more money in areas they're already protecting."
A study by the Elk Rapids, Mich.-based Ponemon Institute found that the total average cost of a data breach grew to $197 per compromised record.
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