[Dataloss] losING your identity

[Chris Walsh]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/17/ 
AR2006061700966.html?referrer=email

Laptop Stolen From D.C. Home
Computer Had Social Security Numbers of 13,000 City Workers, Retirees

By Lyndsey Layton
Washington Post Staff Write
Sunday, June 18, 2006; Page C06

A laptop containing personal data -- including Social Security  
numbers -- of 13,000 District workers and retirees was stolen Monday  
from the Southeast Washington home of an employee of ING U.S.  
Financial Services, the company said yesterday.

ING, which administers the District's retirement plan, known as  
DCPlus, notified the city about the theft late Friday.
	
The company is mailing a letter to all affected account holders to  
alert them to the risk of someone using the information to commit  
identity theft, spokeswoman Caroline Campbell said. The company is  
also telling customers that it will set up and pay for a year of  
credit monitoring and identity fraud protection.

The laptop was not protected by a password or encryption, Campbell said.
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