Pfizer Inc notified approximately 34,000 individuals (colleagues, former employees, and healthcare professionals) of a data breach in New Hampshire. An internal employee wrongfully removed confidential data from a Pfizer computer system in late 2006. Pfizer discovered the breach on July 10, 2007. Exposed data included names, SSNs/TINs, addresses, phone numbers, credit card/bank account numbers, and government IDs. Pfizer notified law enforcement, state Attorneys General, and credit bureaus, and provided two years of free identity theft protection via IDS.
Affected (this filing): 34,000