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MO: Stolen laptop had Busch employees' personal info


From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:42:31 +0000 (UTC)


http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_busch_0729jul29,0,6332846.story

A laptop containing personal information of current and former employees, 
including some from Hampton Roads, was stolen from a St. Louis-area 
Anheuser-Busch office in June, according to a statement from the company.

The global beverage company, whose local properties include Busch Gardens 
Europe, Water Country and a brewery, recently mailed letters to an 
unspecified number of employees and ex-employees informing them of the 
break-in and offering a year of free credit reporting, Tim Farrell, the 
company's vice president for corporate human resources, said in a 
statement.

[.]

Anheuser-Busch's letter to employees indicates that information contained 
on the computer included employees' Social Security numbers, home 
addresses and marital status.

[...]
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