KY: Laptop with E.On employee identity info stolen

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http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070802/BUSINESS/70802021

A Louisville accounting firms laptop with names, Social Security numbers 
and birth dates of most E.On U.S. employees and some retirees was stolen 
last month in Chicago, according to letters to potential victims from E.On 
and the accounting firm.

Mountjoy & Bressler, the accounting firm, and E.On sent letters to 
potential identity theft victims about a week after the July 20 theft of 
the computer, which contained 2005 data. The data did not include 
addresses.

Chip Keeling, an E.On spokesman, said the company is not disclosing how 
many names of employees and retirees were included in the data because of 
an ongoing police investigation. The theft appears to be random and the 
company does not want to give thieves an incentive to hunt for the 
information, Keeling said.

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