UK: Computer theft puts 14,000 at risk of ID fraud

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Computer-theft-puts-14000-at.3611872.jp

Up to 14,000 customers of the financial giant Skipton have been left open 
to identity fraud, after the company admitted that a laptop containing 
customers' personal details was stolen last week.

Investors with money in the Fidelity FundsNetwork were told yesterday that 
the stolen information includes names, addresses, date of birth, National 
Insurance numbers, fund investment details - and even how much each person 
had invested.

The Yorkshire Post understands the laptop was taken from a locker being 
used by a staff member of an information technology (IT) consultancy 
employed by Skipton Financial Services.

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