Monday, June 18, 2007

Data on 64,000 [ + 54,000 + 75,000 ] Stolen

Information about thousands of teachers, vendors, school districts and local governments that conduct electronic transactions with the state are on a backup computer storage device stolen from the car of a state agency intern, Gov. Ted Strickland said Saturday.

Strickland announced the device was missing on Friday. It also included the names and Social Security numbers of all 64,000 state employees. His staff also confirmed the storage device also held information on 53,797 participants enrolled in the state’s pharmacy benefits management program, as well as names and Social Security numbers of about 75,532 dependents — a finding the governor’s office first warned of in a statement late Friday.

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