FTC: P2P Networks Rife With Leaked ID Data

Author: Ryan Naraine

February 23, 2010 11:50 am

The Federal Trade Commission today finally voiced concern about the long-known problem of data leaking into criminal hands via LimeWire, BearShare, Kazaa and dozens of other peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing networks. The FTC put nearly 100 companies and agencies on notice that their employees appear to be regularly leaking large amounts of sensitive customer and employee data on popular peer-to-peer, or P2P, file-sharing networks. Read the full story [The Last Watchdog]

The Federal Trade Commission today finally voiced concern about the long-known problem of data leaking into criminal hands via LimeWire, BearShare, Kazaa and dozens of other peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing networks. The FTC put nearly 100 companies and agencies on notice that their employees appear to be regularly leaking large amounts of sensitive customer and employee data on popular peer-to-peer, or P2P, file-sharing networks. Read the full story [The Last Watchdog]

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