Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2011
Aprilia, Italy warehouse fire
A major fire engulfed Iron Mountain's document-storage warehouse and headquarters in Aprilia, causing extensive damage to the building and stored records and digital material.
2006
Loss of Long Island Rail Road and Veterans Affairs tapes
Tapes containing personal information relating to about 17,000 Long Island Rail Road employees were lost in transit alongside tapes belonging to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
2006
London warehouse fire
A fire destroyed a six-story leased warehouse in London, affecting records for hundreds of customers and medical records for as many as 240,000 patients. The London Fire Brigade concluded that the fire was caused by arson.
2005
Loss of Time Warner backup tapes
Forty unencrypted backup tapes containing personal information for approximately 600,000 current and former Time Warner employees disappeared while being transported in an Iron Mountain van. The incident prompted Time Warner to encrypt tapes, and Iron Mountain urged other customers to adopt encryption.
1997
Warehouse fire in New Jersey
A fire destroyed an Iron Mountain warehouse near the New Jersey Turnpike. The incident occurred shortly after a smaller fire damaged another nearby warehouse and drew attention to the physical risks associated with large-scale records storage.