[privacy] Laptop Stolen From D.C. Home With Personal Data of 13, 000

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

Via The Washington Post.

[snip]

A laptop containing personal data -- including Social Security numbers
-- of 13,000 District workers and retirees was stolen Monday from the
Southeast Washington home of an employee of ING U.S. Financial
Services, the company said yesterday.

ING, which administers the District's retirement plan, known as DCPlus,
notified the city about the theft late Friday.

The company is mailing a letter to all affected account holders to
alert them to the risk of someone using the information to commit
identity theft, spokeswoman Caroline Campbell said. The company is also
telling customers that it will set up and pay for a year of credit
monitoring and identity fraud protection.

The laptop was not protected by a password or encryption.

[snip]

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/17/AR2006061700966.html

- ferg


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