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Social Security numbers, addresses of 18, 800 state workers in missing thumb drive
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:48:32 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/social-security-numbers-addresses-of-18800-state-workers-in-missing-thumb-drive The Denver Channel 12/16/2013DENVER - The state is warning 18,800 former and current state workers to watch out for identity theft because a USB drive containing their private information is missing.
The thumb drive was lost when a state employee was transporting the USB drive between work locations, the governor's office of information technology said.
On the USB drive was an electronic file that contained names, Social Security numbers and some home addresses of state personnel.
"There is no indication that this information has been misused or stolen," said Tauna Lockhart, with the governor's IT office.
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