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Laptop with Personal Info of 55,000 GE Workers Stolen

Frank Washkuch Jr. writes on SC Magazine Online:

A laptop containing the names and Social Security numbers of about 50,000 General Electric (GE) employees was stolen from a locked hotel room earlier this month.

The Fairfield, Conn. company said the employee handling the laptop was authorized to have the data, according to press reports from Reuters and other news organizations.

GE officials said the thief appeared to be after only the laptop and not the data on it, according to press reports.

GE began mailing letters earlier this week to affected employees, offering them a free year of credit monitoring service.

posted by Fergie @ 9/27/2006 01:05:00 PM