IL: Been In An Ambulance Lately? Your Identity May Be At Risk

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By Steve Miller
WBBM780.com
19 March 2009

CHICAGO (WBBM) -- The city of Chicago now says more than 60,000 people may 
be at risk of having their identities stolen - after a laptop computer was 
stolen from an employee of a company that handles billing for Chicago Fire 
Department ambulances.

Anyone who's been transported by Chicago Fire Department ambulance should 
be concerned, says the city revenue department.

The billing for ambulance transports is outsourced to a company called 
DeZonia, and two months ago, somebody broke into the car of a DeZonia 
employee and stole a laptop that contained personal information about tens 
of thousands of people.

So DeZonia sent a letter to 63-thousand people who'd used Fire Department 
ambulances, warning them.

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