Employee data breached at Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente is the latest company to feel the effects of a data breach. It's unclear how many employees were affected in the breach, but the health care company is notifying its 29,500 Northern California employees that their data may have been exposed.

The Oakland, California, company is offering one year of free credit monitoring for anyone who is affected. A statement by the company said no Kaiser members or their medical information were breached.

This latest disclosure is part of a string of data breaches at large companies. Last month, Heartland Payment systems reported a breach in its network that exposed consumer credit data. Last year, RBS WorldPay, a payment processor reported a breach that led to millions of dollars being withdrawn with phony debit cards.

For more on this data breach:
- check out this cnet.com article

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