Social Security numbers, addresses of 18, 800 state workers in missing thumb drive

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http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/social-security-numbers-addresses-of-18800-state-workers-in-missing-thumb-drive

The Denver Channel
12/16/2013

DENVER - The state is warning 18,800 former and current state workers to 
watch out for identity theft because a USB drive containing their private 
information is missing.

The thumb drive was lost when a state employee was transporting the USB 
drive between work locations, the governor's office of information 
technology said.

On the USB drive was an electronic file that contained names, Social 
Security numbers and some home addresses of state personnel.

"There is no indication that this information has been misused or stolen," 
said Tauna Lockhart, with the governor's IT office.

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