[privacy] Laptop with Personal Info of 55,000 GE Workers Stolen

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

Via SC Magazine Online.

[snip]

A laptop containing the names and Social Security numbers of about
50,000 General Electric (GE) employees was stolen from a locked hotel
room earlier this month.

The Fairfield, Conn. company said the employee handling the laptop was
authorized to have the data, according to press reports from Reuters
and other news organizations.

GE officials said the thief appeared to be after only the laptop and
not the data on it, according to press reports.

GE began mailing letters earlier this week to affected employees,
offering them a free year of credit monitoring service.

[snip]

More:
http://www.scmagazine.com/uk/news/article/595224

- ferg


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