T-Mobile reports ID-theft risk

["Dissent" <Dissent () pogowasright org>]

A laptop containing the Social Security numbers and other personal
information of T-Mobile USA Inc. employees recently disappeared,
putting as many as 43,000 current and former workers at risk of
identity theft.

However, the company based in Bellevue, Wash., says there is no
indication the laptop contained customer information.

In a letter to employees dated Oct. 14 and obtained Thursday by The
Oregonian, T-Mobile Vice President Manny Sousa said the laptop in
question disappeared from an employee's checked luggage. The laptop
was protected by a password, according to the company, and Sousa's
letter says T-Mobile has "no reason to believe that any employee
information has been improperly accessed."

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