Equifax:Laptop With Employee Data Stolen
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Tuesday June 20, 11:13 am ET
By Harry R. Weber, AP Business Writer
Equifax Says Company Laptop With Employee Information Stolen
ATLANTA (AP) -- Equifax Inc., one of the nation's three major credit bureaus, said Tuesday a company laptop containing employee names and Social Security numbers was stolen from an employee who was traveling by train near London.
The theft, which could affect as many as 2,500 of the Atlanta-based company's 4,600 employees, happened May 29 and all employees were notified June 7, spokesman David Rubinger said.
Employee names and partial and full Social Security numbers were on the computer's hard drive, though Rubinger said it would be almost impossible for the thief to decipher the information because it was streamed together.
"It would be very difficult to link this information and determine they were actual Social Security numbers in the first place," he said.
No other employee information was on the computer, he said, and there was no customer data on the computer.
Even so, the company has provided employees free access to its credit monitoring service, and it has encouraged them to put a fraud alert on their credit file.
Tuesday June 20, 11:13 am ET
By Harry R. Weber, AP Business Writer
Equifax Says Company Laptop With Employee Information Stolen
ATLANTA (AP) -- Equifax Inc., one of the nation's three major credit bureaus, said Tuesday a company laptop containing employee names and Social Security numbers was stolen from an employee who was traveling by train near London.
The theft, which could affect as many as 2,500 of the Atlanta-based company's 4,600 employees, happened May 29 and all employees were notified June 7, spokesman David Rubinger said.
Employee names and partial and full Social Security numbers were on the computer's hard drive, though Rubinger said it would be almost impossible for the thief to decipher the information because it was streamed together.
"It would be very difficult to link this information and determine they were actual Social Security numbers in the first place," he said.
No other employee information was on the computer, he said, and there was no customer data on the computer.
Even so, the company has provided employees free access to its credit monitoring service, and it has encouraged them to put a fraud alert on their credit file.
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