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Re: [privacy] Laptop Stolen From D.C. Home With Personal Data of 13, 000
From: Blanchard_Michael () emc com
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:22:31 -0400
When, oh when, will there be fines levied against idiots or idiot companies that allow people to bring personal, customer data home on laptops and they get stolen...... Oh happy will be the day. Maybe we'll see this insanity stop! Stop the insanity! Serenity now! I might as well put up my SSN on a web page along with all my other information and be done with it.... Michael P. Blanchard Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE Office of Information Security & Risk Management EMC ² Corporation 4400 Computer Dr. Westboro, MA 01580 -----Original Message----- From: Fergie [mailto:fergdawg () netzero net] Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 10:47 PM To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org Subject: [privacy] Laptop Stolen From D.C. Home With Personal Data of 13, 000 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 -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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- [privacy] Laptop Stolen From D.C. Home With Personal Data of 13, 000 Fergie (Jun 17)
- Re: [privacy] Laptop Stolen From D.C. Home With Personal Data of 13, 000 Blanchard_Michael (Jun 19)
- Re: [privacy] Laptop Stolen From D.C. Home With Personal Data of 13, 000 Gary Warner (Jun 19)
- Re: [privacy] Laptop Stolen From D.C. Home With Personal Data of 13, 000 Drsolly (Jun 19)
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- Re: [privacy] Laptop Stolen From D.C. Home With Personal Data of 13, 000 Henderson, Dennis K. (Jun 19)
- Re: [privacy] Laptop Stolen From D.C. Home With Personal Data of 13, 000 StyleWar (Jun 19)
- Re: [privacy] Laptop Stolen From D.C. Home With Personal Data of 13, 000 Blanchard_Michael (Jun 19)