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COMPUTER SYSTEM ID AND PASSWORD SECURITY ALERT
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Unidentified individuals representing themselves to be from a
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number of US Sprint departments (corporate security, a technical support
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group, a systems engineer abd others) are calling Sprint and Sprint
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International employees in an attempt to obtain employees' individual IDs
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and passwords. These unidentified individuals state that they are
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troubleshooting a problem with a system and need the employee's ID and
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password to verify proper operation of the system. According to Cliff
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Hall, senior vice president of information management, an ID and password
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for a Sprint International system was obtained in this manner, and the
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system was penetrated.
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Under no circumstances should an employee give his or her ID or
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password to any individual, including another employee. If anyone contacts
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you and asks for your ID or password, ask for the name and phone number of
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the person requesting the information, then notify your director of the
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request. If you have inadvertently given out your ID or password,
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immediately notify your director and contact the administrator for the
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system in question so your access parameters can be changed. All requests
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and inadvertent disclosures should also be reported to corporate security,
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1-800-xxx-xxxx
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The protection of IDs and passwords is in accordance with US Sprint's
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Executive Policy No. 9.9 and Addenda thereto. IDs and passwords are
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considered proprietary information and must be protected at all times.
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