IR: Bord Gáis 75,000 customer details on stolen laptops

[kirniki <kirniki () gmail com>]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0617/bordgais.html

A laptop computer containing bank account details of 75,000 Bord Gáis
customers has been stolen in Dublin.

It is understood the confidential information was held on one of four
laptops stolen from the offices of Bord Gáis nearly two weeks ago.

Bord Gáis did not publicise the incident until now as gardaí were
investigating a particular line of inquiry.
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The computer was not encrypted.

The incident occurred early on Friday 5 June when the Bord Gáis
offices in Dublin and a number of adjacent offices were burgled.

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