] A customer database and the current access codes to the
] supposedly secure Intranet of one of Europe's largest
] financial services group was left on a hard disk offered
] for sale on eBay. The disc was subsequently purchased for
] just (pound)5 by mobile security outfit Pointsec Mobile
] Technologies.
]
] According to Pointsec, one of the hard discs contained
] "highly sensitive information from one of Europe's
] largest financial services groups with pension plans,
] customer databases, financial information, payroll
] records, personnel details, login codes, and admin
] passwords for their secure Intranet site. There were 77
] Microsoft Excel documents of customers email addresses,
] dates of birth, their home addresses, telephone numbers
] and other highly confidential information, which if
] exposed publicly could cause irrevocable damage to the
] company." Pointsec isn't prepared to name the careless
] company.

Yep. At a department I work at on Tech's campus doing computer support, we just put the surplused machines outside our door for people to pick out whatever they want before they get shipped out. No whipping of any drives, much to my protesting.

Oops! Firm accidentally eBays customer database