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- http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/1215…ch-puts-us.html
12/14/06
"A stolen laptop at The Boeing Co. has pushed a widely watched tally of U.S. data breach victims past the 100 million mark. On Tuesday, Boeing disclosed that files containing Social Security numbers, names and home addresses of 382,000 current and former employees were compromised in early December when an unencrypted laptop was stolen from an employee's car. That disclosure pushed the total number of data breach victims on the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Web site to 100,152,801, said Beth Givens, director of the consumer advocacy group. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has been tracking data breaches since February 2005, when ChoicePoint Inc. disclosed that thieves had stolen information on 163,000 victims from the company's database…"
* http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20061216/tc_cmp/196700288
Dec 15, 2006 - "Boeing has fired an employee… because he violated company policy by downloading the information onto the laptop and not encrypting it…"
- http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/1215…ch-puts-us.html
12/14/06
"A stolen laptop at The Boeing Co. has pushed a widely watched tally of U.S. data breach victims past the 100 million mark. On Tuesday, Boeing disclosed that files containing Social Security numbers, names and home addresses of 382,000 current and former employees were compromised in early December when an unencrypted laptop was stolen from an employee's car. That disclosure pushed the total number of data breach victims on the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Web site to 100,152,801, said Beth Givens, director of the consumer advocacy group. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has been tracking data breaches since February 2005, when ChoicePoint Inc. disclosed that thieves had stolen information on 163,000 victims from the company's database…"
* http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20061216/tc_cmp/196700288
Dec 15, 2006 - "Boeing has fired an employee… because he violated company policy by downloading the information onto the laptop and not encrypting it…"