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Article: FIDELITY SAYS STOLEN LAPTOP HELD DATA OF CUSTOMERS FUND COMPANY SENDS OUT SECURITY ALERTS TO 196,000
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2006
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Fidelity Investments yesterday said a laptop computer with
personal data on 196,000 retirement account customers was stolen last
week, prompting it to send out security alerts to affected
individuals.
Fidelity, the Boston mutual fund giant, didn't release many
details of the circumstances surrounding the theft, but said the
laptop held information on participants in the retirement accounts of
computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co., included names, Social Security
numbers, dates of birth, compensation, and other retirement-related
information.
Computer security specialists said such losses are becoming
increasingly common as inexpensive laptops grow powerful enough to
run large data sets and ...