Computerworld - Nissan Motor Co. and performance apparel maker Under Armor have disclosed recent data breaches involving the potential compromise of employee information.

Nissan on Friday announced that user IDs and hashed passwords of an undisclosed number of employees had been illegally accessed and downloaded from a database. In a statement, the company said the compromise resulted from an intrusion into Nissan's global information systems network. The company noted that its information security team discovered a virus on Nissan's networks on April 13 and immediately moved to isolate the infected system. "This incident initially involved...