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Personal Data Of Chicago Employees Stolen
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 18:15:31 -0400 (EDT)
(Please look for the following sentence: "However, the firm believes the risk of identity theft or misuse of the information is low, because the computer was protected by User ID and a complicated password, the release said." Unbelievable. - lyger) Courtesy PogoWasRight.org http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/77513.php?contentType=4&contentId=198758 Thousands of city employees could be at risk of identity theft following the theft of a laptop computer from a city contractor, and a delay of more than a year in reporting the theft to the proper personnel within the company, according to a release from the Mayor.s office. Nationwide Retirement Solutions, the provider of deferred compensation services for City of Chicago employees has notified the city that a laptop computer containing personal information about customers was stolen from the home of one of its employees, according to the release. NRS, which has provided services for city employees since 2004, is notifying affected individuals by letter and offering free credit-monitoring service for a year, which includes $25,000 of identity theft insurance, according to the release. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 142 million compromised records in 323 incidents over 6 years.
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