Disk With Ohio State Worker Data Stolen
Posted on: Friday, 15 June 2007, 12:15 CDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A disk carrying the Social Security numbers and other personal information on all 64,000 Ohio state employees was stolen from a state worker's car last weekend, Gov. Ted Strickland said Friday.
Strickland said it takes special equipment to access the information on the disk, so he doesn't believe the workers' privacy is in jeopardy.
It was just the latest case of personal information on thousands of employees disappearing or being inappropriately accessed. Several universities, corporations and even the Veterans Affairs Department have reported lost or stolen data.
Strickland said the Ohio employee mistakenly left the disk, a backup, in a vehicle parked outside an apartment Sunday.
The employee is being investigated, but there is no reason to believe there was a security breach, he said. He also issued an executive order that would change state procedures for handling the data.
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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