UK: Bank details of employees stolen

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED16%20Sep%202007%2013%3A01%3A09%3A003

A MAJOR security operation is underway after private financial details of 
more than 1,000 employees at a Suffolk council were stolen from the home 
of one of its senior officers.

Bank and national insurance details of 1,380 people on St Edmundsbury 
Borough Council's payroll were stored on a laptop computer stolen from the 
home of a council worker on September 6.

An investigation is currently underway and all employees are being urged 
to check their bank accounts on a daily basis amid fears over fraud.

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