Verizon employees wrongly accessed Obama phone records

WASHINGTONForeign ExchangeForeignExchange (FOREX) Forex trading What is Forex Foreign Foreign ExchangeForeignExchange (FOREX) Forex trading What is Forex Foreign (AFP) — US telephone operator Verizon Wireless has acknowledged that some of its employees accessed president-elect Barack Obama's cell phone records without authorization.What is Forex Foreign ExchangeForeignExchange (FOREX) Forex trading"This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed president-elect Barack Obama's personal cell phone account," the company said in a statement released late Thursday.What is Forex Foreign ExchangeForeignExchange (FOREX) Forex trading"All employees who have accessed the account -- whether authorized or not -- have been put on immediate leave, with pay," Verizon said.What is Forex Foreign ExchangeForeignExchange (FOREX) Forex tradingAs an
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The company which claims nearly 71 million customers said the Obama account had been inactive for months, and that no emails or other data was accessed as the phone was a flip-phone and not a so-called smartphone.What is Forex Foreign ExchangeForeignExchange (FOREX) Forex tradingThe security breach was revealed as reports have emerged that Obama, characterized as an avid Blackberry user, would likely be forced to give up his smartphone before he becomes president due to security concerns.What is Forex Foreign ExchangeForeignExchange (FOREX) Forex trading What is Forex Foreign ExchangeForeignExchange (FOREX) Forex tradingIn March Obama and Hillary Clinton, at the time locked in a battle for the Democratic Party nomination, learned that their passport files were improperly accessed by employees in the US State Department. Obama described the violation as "deeply disturbing."Foreign ExchangeForeignExchange (FOREX) Forex trading What is Forex ForeignTwo State Department contractors were fired over the incident.
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Foreign ExchangeForeignExchange (FOREX) Forex trading What is Forex Foreign n a statement, Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell McAdam apologized to Obama and disclosed the breach, saying: "a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-elect Barack Obama's personal cellphone account."

He said the account has been inactive for several months and Obama had been using a simple voice flip-phone without email capabilities.

"All employees who have accessed the account — whether authorized or not — have been put on immediate leave, with pay," McAdam said. "Employees with legitimate business needs for access will be returned to their positions, while employees who have accessed the account improperly and without legitimate business justification will face appropriate disciplinary action."

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