Originally published June 25 2005
Some disgruntled employee may be smuggling company information on iPods
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
After a British company found missing client information on a former employee's iPod, p2pnet.net is reporting that anti-fraud experts are warning about misuse of the machines by employees.
A recruitment agency found much of its client database had been copied to an iPods's memory and used to defraud the firm, says the Guardian Unlimited.
"Staff who have been given the sack or missed out on promotions are the most likely to turn to this type of fraud.
They may be supported by criminal gangs who use employees as insiders to extract information, but in these cases they are more likely to be disgruntled employees who want to punish their employer."
iPods aren't a new toy, "but whereas corporates still don't know much about their capabilities, individuals do," Paul Carratu, president of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, is quoted as saying.
"In a recent case, after we got a court order, we found the data the employer said was missing on a former employee's iPod."
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