[Dataloss] CA: Stolen PC had Agilent workers' personal data

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http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_8660115?nclick_check=1&forced=true

  A laptop containing sensitive and unencrypted personal data on 51,000 
current and former employees of Agilent Technologies was stolen from the 
car of an Agilent vendor March 1 in San Francisco, the company said in a 
letter mailed to former employees this week.

The data includes employee names, Social Security numbers, home addresses 
and details of stock options and other stock-related awards.

In the letter, Agilent blamed the San Jose vendor, Stock & Option 
Solutions, for failing to scramble or otherwise safeguard the data - "in 
violation of the contracted agreement."

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