Jeanne Price reports:
With clients in over 150 countries around the glove, architectural and building firm AECOM employs thousands of individuals worldwide. Now many of those workers and their former colleagues have become part of the latest US corporate payroll data breach.
AECOM is an acronym for Architecture, Engineering, Consulting, Operations and Maintenance – the company’s five primary service areas. The Los Angeles-based firm reported the breach to the California Attorney General’s Office earlier this week. A letter signed by Tom Peck, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer enumerated the data that had been exposed.
“This intrusion may have resulted in the exposure of personal information for present and past AECOM employees, including information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and personal bank account numbers and routing information. The records at issue covered only employees who are on, or have been on, U.S. payroll,” Peck wrote.
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