http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0606/337194.html June 18, 2006 Washington (AP) - Information on 13,000 D.C. government workers and retirees has been stolen, along with the laptop computer where it was stored. Officials with ING Financial Services say the Social Security numbers and other information on the employees were stored on computer that was stolen from an ING employee's Southeast Washington home. ING administers the District's retirement plan. Company officials say the laptop was stolen on Monday but they didn't notify the city about the theft until late Friday because they had to figure out what information was stored on the computer. The laptop was not protected by a password or encryption. ING alerting all affected account holders to the risk of identity theft. The company will set up and pay for a year of credit monitoring and identity fraud protection. City officials say they're concerned that the information was not protected, and that the company waited so long to report it. Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. _________________________________ Attend the Black Hat Briefings and Training, Las Vegas July 29 - August 3 2,500+ international security experts from 40 nations, 10 tracks, no vendor pitches. www.blackhat.com
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