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Boeing Loses Data on Laptops… Yadda Yadda

Sunday, March 3rd, 2019 (No comments yet)
Privacy, Security
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Consumer Affairs writes:

A laptop containing the personal information of 328,000 current and former employees of Boeing was stolen in Chicago, according to the company. The laptop theft was the third to befall Boeing in the past twelve months. Boeing is contacting the affected employees by mail and has promised to set up free credit monitoring for them through the Experian credit bureau.
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