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Stolen Laptop Contained 43,000 T-Mobile Employee Records
In a story by Mike Rogoway for The Oregonian on Friday, October 20 ("T-Mobile Reports ID-Theft Risk") it was revealed that cell phone provider T-Mobile has joined the ranks of businesses whose employees or customers face the threat of ID theft due to lost or stolen laptops.
The company, based in Bellevue, Washington was quick to assure customers that no personal account information was on the machine in question but the laptop did contain the personal information and Social Security numbers of as many as 43,000 current and former T-Mobile employees. T-Mobile, a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary, currently has some 22,600 employees.
The Oregonian obtained a letter from T-Mobile Vice President Manny Sousa to company staff dated October 14, which indicated the laptop had disappeared from the checked luggage of an employee. The laptop was protected by a password and according to The Oregonian, Sousa said that T-Mobile has "no reason to believe that any employee information has been improperly accessed."
T-Mobile is but one of a number of corporate entities whose employee or customer data has been endangered under similar circumstances this year. In January more than 365,000 patients in the Providence Health System had their electronic data stolen including sensitive medical information. It will reportedly cost Providence $7-9 million to provide credit protection for all those whose records were stolen and the company is facing a class-action lawsuit.
Sousa's letter to T-Mobile employees said the stolen laptop "may have contained certain sensitive employee information including data such as name, address, home phone number, Social Security number, date of birth and compensation information." The machine did not, however, contain credit card or driver's license information.
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