There were about 2000 names of high powered attorneys to include the Supreme Court Justice, and it went on for 6 months. I have removed and blocked such services in many instances in my travels, as they don’t belong anywhere near the office network. You can do what you want at home. For businesses, its’s a good idea to use a company that regularly scans those services and networks for this type of information, all the big banks use one you can bet. 
Folks outside the country had his data the investigation found, and thank goodness for a good reader that reported it! Sometimes folks have no idea they are even sharing selected folders on their hard drive with others, mostly novices users. It is amazing what is just there for the taking that folks don’t even realize they are sharing Security breach story of the week. BD
Sometime late last year, an employee of a McLean investment firm decided to trade some music, or maybe a movie, with like-minded users of the online file-sharing network LimeWire while using a company computer. In doing so, he inadvertently opened the private files of his firm, Wagner Resource Group, to the public.
Justice Breyer Is Among Victims in Data Breach Caused by File Sharing - washingtonpost.com
Over a decade ago I counseled all businesses I consulted with to survey and remove all non-business music and filesharing systems (Napster being the dominant one at the time). I continue this posture and policy. This is not a popular move with employees as you can imagine - albeit a necessary one. Ignorance continues, and breaches mount. David Scott, author, "I.T. Wars: Managing the Business-Technology Weave in the New Millennium" - http://businessforum.com/DScott_02.html
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