Laptop Stolen Contained Data of 196,000 HP Employees
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The theft occurred roughly a month ago on 3/15, during an offsite business meeting.
A Fidelity employee had loaded his company laptop with a database of personal financial data of 196,000 participants in HP sponsored retirement plans managed by Fidelity. This puts current and former HP employees at risk of identity fraud.
MARCH 23, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Fidelity Investments today confirmed that a laptop containing confidential information on more than 196,000 current and former employees at Hewlett-Packard Co. and its acquisitions was recently stolen from the firm the theft may have exposed information such as the names, Social Security numbers and compensation details for the workers.
Source: Computerworld
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Written by MCruz on April 13th, 2006 with
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Doug Rosbury
#1. June 13th, 2008, at 8:46 AM.
laptops or pc’s should never be used as storage points. Commonsense
says so. Store your data in a place removed from your computer and then encrypt the link. But never store data where someone can pick it up and walk away with it. Isn’t that rather dumb anyway?—Doug