[Dataloss] Armstrong World Industries employee data lost

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http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/24293

By Patrick Burns, Intelligencer Journal Staff
Published: Jul 25, 2006 8:09 AM EST

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Armstrong World Industries informed workers last 
week that a thief had stolen a laptop computer containing personal 
information on about 12,000 current and former employees.

A company memo sent July 20 from Armstrong's Lancaster headquarters said 
the stolen laptop had been in the possession of an employee of Deloitte & 
Touche LLP, a firm that conducts regular internal audits for Armstrong.

F. Nicholas Grasberger III, Armstrong senior vice president and chief 
financial officer, said the personal information on the stolen laptop 
contained names, home addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, 
employee identification numbers, annual salary/hourly wage data and the 
bank account numbers of employees who have their checks directly 
deposited.

"We sincerely apologize for the incident and its associated risk," 
Grasberger's two-page memo stated.

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