A disgruntled former IT employee at telecommunications firm Global Crossing Holdings Ltd. has been posting the names, Social Security numbers and birth dates of company employees on his Web site. The postings have appeared periodically over the past five months. . . .
A disgruntled former IT employee at telecommunications firm Global Crossing Holdings Ltd. has been posting the names, Social Security numbers and birth dates of company employees on his Web site. The postings have appeared periodically over the past five months. They include data on all employees on Global Crossing's payroll as of Sept. 1, according to an internal memo. The company currently has about 8,000 employees.

An attorney for Bermuda-based Global Crossing said the company is pursuing both civil and criminal action against the former IT worker. Both the FBI and the police department in Beverly Hills, Calif., where the information is alleged to have been stolen, are on the case.

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