City of Chicago Employee Data Lost in Stolen Laptop
Approximately 38,000 current and retired City of Chicago worker’s personal data were stored in a laptop that was stolen back in April 2005. The computer was stolen from an employee’s home who worked for Nationwide Retirement Solutions.
The company says the risk anyone might access the data, which included names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and Social Security numbers, is low because the computer was protected by a complicated password and a user identification, according to the city.
The company is in the process of notifying affected people and is offering one year of free credit monitoring.
Source: Chicago Tribune Thanks to MaxxP for the tip!
Written by MCruz on September 1st, 2006 with no comments.
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