Personal Data lost for 17,000 LIRR workers
Backup tapes containing sensitive data were stolen out of a delivery van early this month.
A Boston-based company that stores records for the Long Island Railroad lost personal data including Social Security numbers for about 17,000 of the transit agency’s current and former employees, apparently while the information was being delivered by a driver in New York.
New York police on Thursday said the loss also involved data tapes belonging to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and the loss was reported by the driver while his van was parked outside a VA hospital in the Bronx.
Source: MSN
Written by MCruz on April 27th, 2006 with no comments.
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