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<DIV>Here is a link to the letter sent out by Nationwide to the affected
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<DIV><A title=http://www.chicagofop.org/Updates/links/nrs.pdf
href="http://www.chicagofop.org/Updates/links/nrs.pdf">http://www.chicagofop.org/Updates/links/nrs.pdf</A>
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<DIV>In a message dated 9/1/2006 5:27:45 P.M. Central Standard Time,
lyger@attrition.org writes:</DIV>
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size=2><BR>(Please look for the following sentence: "However, the firm
believes the <BR>risk of identity theft or misuse of the information is low,
because the <BR>computer was protected by User ID and a complicated password,
the release <BR>said." Unbelievable. - lyger)<BR><BR>Courtesy
PogoWasRight.org<BR><BR>http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/77513.php?contentType=4&contentId=198758<BR><BR>Thousands
of city employees could be at risk of identity theft following <BR>the theft
of a laptop computer from a city contractor, and a delay of more <BR>than a
year in reporting the theft to the proper personnel within the <BR>company,
according to a release from the Mayor.s office.<BR><BR>Nationwide Retirement
Solutions, the provider of deferred compensation <BR>services for City of
Chicago employees has notified the city that a laptop <BR>computer containing
personal information about customers was stolen from <BR>the home of one of
its employees, according to the release.<BR><BR>NRS, which has provided
services for city employees since 2004, is <BR>notifying affected individuals
by letter and offering free <BR>credit-monitoring service for a year, which
includes $25,000 of identity <BR>theft insurance, according to the
release.<BR><BR>[...]<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Dataloss
Mailing List
(dataloss@attrition.org)<BR>http://attrition.org/dataloss<BR>Tracking more
than 142 million compromised records in 323 incidents over 6
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