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Delphi worker data is missing - Information from 2,600 former Dayton-area employees removed from unattended laptop.
Dayton Daily News (OH) - Saturday, August 2, 2008
Author: William Hershey Staff Writer
COLUMBUS — A flash drive containing the Social Security numbers and other personal information from 2,600 Dayton-area former Delphi workers was removed from the laptop of a state employee that was left unattended and and is now missing.
Helen Jones-Kelley , director of the Job and Family Services department, said on Friday, Aug. 1, that letters have been sent to all those affected. The incident occurred on July 25 in Lebanon, Jones-Kelley said.
The drive included the names, addresses, telephone numbers as well as the Social Security numbers of the workers. Their names were on the drive because of their involvement in a benefits rights training program for workers who might qualify for federal trade adjustment assistance.
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The incident occurred despite efforts by state officials to improve security after a backup computer tape was stolen from a state intern’s car last year. The tape included sensitive personal information from more than a million individuals, businesses and entities such as local governments.
Maybe that theft wasn't about credit card fraud or credit-related identity theft.
Maybe it was about voter fraud.