Google warns of breach

Google is alerting employees that some of their personal data has been exposed. The Mountain View advertising house sent letters (PDF) to some of its workers stating that someone with its employee benefits provider mistakenly sent a file to a colleague containing the names and social security numbers of Google employees. "We …

[andreas koch]

yay!

Give them all the NHS data!

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: yay!

Yeah bad timing after the publicity about giving them all the UK health data and claiming they would keep it secure. Sure, they're able to blame this on a third party provider, but surely they will have third parties involved with access to that UK health data also.

[SillyWilly]

Re: yay!

Bit of a stretch to go from a benefit vendor making a mistake to Google making a mistake...