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
Written by MCruz on April 13th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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