My company has just notified us that they will begin emailing check copies to employees with direct deposit. The file will be an Adobe PDF with four digit password. What kind of security / identity theft risks will this create for me?
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Outlook 2003 with Microsoft Exchange
ASKED:
October 30, 2009 2:58 PM
UPDATED:
November 9, 2009 6:39 PM
Of couse, I’m stating the worst case scenario.
They’re saying it has to be the last four of the social because it has to be something that prints on the check. No routing numbers are being placed on it and the issuing bank name is being suppressed. I’m really hoping this will be enough.
Why not send an email to the employee stating that his pay check has been deposited, and a link to a secure site which can provide further information to that employee, after he/she has signed-on.
Something like this wouldn’t a chance against someone misusing a tool like Advanced PDF Password Recovery. If they can make the password longer and complex that’ll help but it’s still not foolproof.