Caterpillar Inc. said late Friday that a laptop computer containing personal data on employees was stolen from a benefits consultant that works with the company.
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[Spokesman] declined to say how many employees were affected. He said the majority are based in the U.S. and letters have been sent to notify them. Dunn said a call center is being established to take their inquiries.
[Forbes]
Update: The laptop was stolen from an Atlanta area repair shop on April 5th. The number for the Caterpillar call center is 800-699-8978 (M-F, 7am to 7 pm).
Written by MCruz on April 28th, 2007 with 3 comments.
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Specialty retailer The Neiman Marcus Group Inc. yesterday sent letters to nearly 160,000 current and former employees to tell them of a potential breach involving their personal data.
The letters were prompted by the theft of “computer equipment” from a third-party pension plan consultant working for the retailer. The equipment held the data now potentially at risk.
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The data was contained in a file on the stolen equipment and included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and salary and other information.
[Computerworld]
Written by MCruz on April 25th, 2007 with no comments.
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Ohio State University said Tuesday that personal data of 14,094 existing and former faculty and staff members had been stolen by what appears to be computer hackers overseas.
Hackers penetrated a firewall protecting a network at the school’s Office of Research sometime between March 31 and April 1. The network contained the Social Security numbers, employee identification numbers and birth dates of 190,000 university employees, OSU spokesman Jim Lynch said.
Anyone concerned about this incident can call the special hotline Ohio State established at: 1-866-515-9332. The school will be offering a year’s worth of credit protection via Equifax. More information about this breach can be found at the OSU’s Identity Alert Home Page.
[MSN Money]
Written by MCruz on April 17th, 2007 with no comments.
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For the second time in six months, Chicago Public Schools will pay for credit protection for current and former employees whose personal information was either stolen or released accidentally.
The school system said it will pay for one year of credit protection for the 40,000 employees whose names and Social Security numbers were on two laptop computers stolen from school headquarters Friday.
[Chicago Tribune]
Written by MCruz on April 7th, 2007 with no comments.
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The University of California at San Francisco began notifying students, teachers, and staff that their names, Social Security numbers, and bank account numbers may have been accessed during a security breach.
Personal information for 46,000 students, faculty, and staff at the University of California at San Francisco is at risk after a hacker broke into the network, campus officials said this week.
[InformationWeek]
Written by MCruz on April 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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A laptop computer containing the names, Social Security numbers and payroll information for as many as 16,000 civilian employees here was stolen from an employee’s personal vehicle, officials said Monday.
The computer was password protected and did not contain bank account or bank routing information, Army officials said. The employees all work at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, which has its headquarters at Fort Monroe.
[SignOnSandiego.com]
Written by MCruz on March 27th, 2007 with no comments.
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