Ford Laptop Stolen with Privacy Data of 700,000 Enployees

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via CNN/Money.

[snip]

A computer with files that have the names and Social Security numbers of approximately 70,000 current and former 
employees of Ford Motor Company was stolen, the company reported.

An investigation into the theft -- which is believed to have occurred in late November -- is ongoing, and Ford has 
notified the FBI, Secret Service and Federal Identity Theft Task Force.

Ford also alerted the three major credit rating agencies.

Ford says it has no evidence that the information has been used for identity theft. The car maker has told employees 
whose information was in the computer, and it has offered to pay for credit-monitoring services.

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http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/22/news/fortune500/ford_theft/index.htm

- ferg


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