[Dataloss] GE Laptop With 50, 000 Employee Names, Data Stolen From Hotel

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=abYZEjwImupI&refer=us

 Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- General Electric Co. said an employee's laptop
computer containing the names and Social Security numbers of 50,000
current and former GE workers was stolen from a locked hotel room earlier
this month.

``We believe this was a random criminal act,'' GE said in a Sept. 22
letter sent to the affected employees that was obtained by Bloomberg News.
There's no indication the data on the laptop and its external hard drive
were accessed, company spokesman Russell Wilkerson said today.

GE, which is working with law enforcement officials, isn't disclosing the
location or day of the theft because the incident is still under
investigation, Wilkerson said. General Electric immediately began
notifying the employees whose names were on the laptop and offered them
one free year of the company's identity- theft and credit-protection
monitoring service, Wilkerson said.