Register.com Customers' Credit Card Data Compromised After Laptop Goes AWOL

[mandy]

BIG HOSTING and domain name firm register.com sent an email to its customers saying a notebook containing credit card information was stolen.

The firm said that around two per cent of its customers were affected. The data on the laptop was password protected and the credit card number encrypted. In a letter it said: "We also believe that the laptop was stolen for its inherent value and not the data itself."...

full article: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39883

[jezebel]

When will the fucktards in corporate America realize that allowing laptops containing users' sensitive data to be taken out of the office is a fucking stupid idea?