Reply #29: (ING) Confidential data at risk after laptop stolen (13,000 people's SS#)

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Social Security numbers and other personal information for 13,000 District of Columbia workers and retirees are now in the hands of thieves who reportedly stole a laptop from the home of an ING U.S. Financial Services employee last week, the company confirmed.

ING U.S. Financial services, a subsidiary of Amsterdam-based ING Groep, N.V. (ING : 37.04, -0.15, -0.4% ) , manages the District's retirement plan, and notified the city on Friday of the laptop theft. The laptop was stolen from the home of an ING financial adviser and agent responsible for overseeing the District's retirement plan.

The theft was reported last Monday, but ING took the ensuing days to confirm details of the crime and ascertain what information was stored on the laptop, Caroline Campbell, an ING spokeswoman, said.

The company is mailing letters on Monday to the workers and retirees whose personal data was stored on the computer, and will pay for a year of credit monitoring and identity-theft protection, Campbell said.

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