Comments on: Home Depot loses laptop with personal info for 10,000 employees

By: NuShrike

NuShrike — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:17:43 +0000

Oh Gal has flamed others before.

Anyways, what’s the point of “credit monitoring” services? It’s a cop-out as there’s no other way to make up for the damage.

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:32:33 +0000

I doubt homdepot even has an IT group.

They prbably sub to a 3rd party group

But seriously this is lack of common sense.
Even without th contacts tha is high end electronics sombody can fence. Take the thing with you keep in your house. Don’t keep in in the car. This is one reson why smartphones lik blackberrys exist. In the meantine suck up tha nerdiness an keep the lappy with you at all times it’s better then have ing the higher ups breathing down your throat

By: Potsey

Potsey — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:18:19 +0000

I use this product called computrace. Its kind of a lo-jack for laptops. If it gets stolen they can track if, even if the hard drive is replaced. Plus you can set it to erase the entire computer if it’s plugged into the internet. One would think a large IT group would be smart enough for that. Then again I think most people know better to leave a laptop sitting on the front seat of a car.

By: dondgc

dondgc — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:10:15 +0000

CNET is now saying the theft took place several weeks ago but was just made public by Home Depot, which says the laptop was password protected. So password protection is certainly much better than no protection at all.

By: dondgc

dondgc — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:43:44 +0000

Any company that puts SS numbers, matched with names and addresses, in unencrypted form, on a laptop deserves whatever negative publicity they get.

I mean come on – how many times does this have to happen before companies realize they have an obligation to PROTECT the data they collect from employees and/or customers? They must have idiots running the IT department.

This isn’t about Home Depot vs. Lowes. It is about understanding even the tiny baby step basics of protecting data that people entrust you with. Home Depot joins a long line of government and private agencies who have raised their hands and said “We’re clueless!”

By: dand

dand — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:28:50 +0000

D@mn I didnt know that.. this guy/girl/it is global! Ok Galvatron, maybee you should chill with the negative ways before you are shunned

By: Dtest5477

Dtest5477 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:26:11 +0000

perhaps you havent read his posts on Apple. He flames and bashes anyone who doesnt hate them…try again.

By: dand

dand — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:21:05 +0000

I love how Galvatron is like the BGR / Engadget B@stard child that everyone beats up on. At least he never flames other posters, only companies. I give him that much.

By: mobilecontrol

mobilecontrol — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:01:16 +0000

Wow, anyone remember when the same thing happened to T-Mobile about 1 year ago???

By: Dtest5477

Dtest5477 — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:48:24 +0000

Gal your an idiot.

This stuff happens, people like Gal break into cars and steal things, at least they notified them immediately and offered the monitoring service.

Gal, get back to work. Target customers need clean isles.

By: JJLO

JJLO — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:48:15 +0000

It is stupid to leave a laptop in a car …I am sure it was in view. I do not care if it was in the driveway. He/She knew that sensitive information was on the laptop. You bring it in the house…period. For me that is grounds for termination.

By: Outrigger

Outrigger — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:45:03 +0000

Isn’t this a 2 day old news?

By: Galvatron

Galvatron — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:33:15 +0000

Actually its the other way around home depot is shady an there customer service suxors. Man an I thoght the ohio state goverment was bad