[privacy] 540,000 New Yorkers at Risk of ID Theft

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via MSNBC (AP).

[snip]

The names, addresses and Social Security numbers of as many as 540,000
injured workers have been lost, and the state and a contracted company
are trying to protect the workers from identity theft.

In New York, company and state officials said Monday that the data was
on computer hardware that is missing from a secured facility of the
company, Chicago-based CS Stars, an independent insurance brokerage.

Most of the workers are New Yorkers from across the state who are in
two special funds of the workers’ compensation system. One group is all
workers who have a second injury and another is all workers who have a
past injury that creates new problems, said state Workers Compensation
Board spokesman John Sullivan.

[snip]

More:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14015598/

- ferg


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