Wednesday, May 25, 2005

MCI employee data stolen

A laptop computer containing <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5716534.html?tag=zdnn.alert">the names and Social Security numbers</A> of about 16,500 current and former employees of MCI was stolen last month. The computer was stolen from a car that was parked in the garage at the home of an MCI financial analyst in Colorado. An MCI representative told the Journal that the laptop was password-protected but declined to say whether the employee information was encrypted or whether the employee whose car was burglarized was authorized to carry such information on a laptop.

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