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.
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