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