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GE laptop theft exposes data on thousands

General Electric said on Tuesday that a company laptop containing the names and Social Security numbers of 50,000 current and former employees was stolen in early September. The laptop, issued to a GE official who was authorized to have the data, was stolen from a locked hotel room, the company said.

The Connecticut-based company began mailing letters earlier this week to the people whose names and Social Security numbers were on the laptop, to notify them of the breach and to offer a year's free access to a credit-monitoring service, GE spokesman Russell Wilkerson said. Wilkerson declined to give further details, such as where and when the theft took place or whether the company official was still with General Electric.

The Street

Posted by | Wed, Sep 27, 2006 - 10:44 AM