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Seattle Wa. company looses laptop
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:23:21 -0600
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20080210130455236 Computer stolen from Administrative Systems, Inc. contained sensitive personal information A desktop computer stolen from an Administrative Systems, Inc. (ASI) office in Seattle on December 29th contained names and sensitive information about customers or employees of several of the firm's clients: Continental American Medical, EyeMed Vision/Kelly Services Vision, and Jefferson Pilot Financial Dental. ASI provides third party administrative services to insurance and financial firms, such as processing employee applications for insurance coverage, issuing of insurance plans and employee certificates, managing premium billing and collection for insurance plans, responding to customer service requests and other record-keeping functions. Individuals who were affected by the theft were notified by letter on February 9th. According to a web site created to provide some information and resources about the incident, personal details may have included name, date of birth, mailing address, and Social Security number, depending on the service being provided. According to ASI, information on the stolen computer did not include credit card information or driver's license numbers. In its notification letter, ASI did not indicate whether the data were encrypted nor why it took over a month for individuals to be notified of the theft, but the letter signed by William J. Hill, President of Administrative Systems, Inc., noted that "We have tightened our security measures to provide greater protection for the information we maintain and are working closely with local authorities to minimize future risks." [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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