MA: State Street Corp - Data Theft Affects More Than 45, 000

[rchick <rchicker () etiolated org>]

May 29, 2008
http://www.cnbc.com/id/24875931

Computer equipment containing personal information on more than 45,000
customers and employees of a State Street unit was stolen five months
ago, the company said.

The personal information included names, addresses and social security numbers.
State Street said there was no evidence the data had been misused, but
it declined to say if the stolen equipment had been recovered. It is
working with federal and local law enforcement agencies on the matter.

The company, a Boston-based provider of financial services to
institutional investors, said 5,500 employees and 40,000 customers of
Investors Financial Services, which it acquired last year, were
affected.

The computer equipment was stolen from a vendor hired by Investors
Financial Services to provide legal support services.

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