Coke: Stolen laptops had info of 74,000 people

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Source: AP

Coca-Cola said Friday that laptop computers stolen from its Atlanta headquarters held the personal information of up to 74,000 people.

The company has recovered the laptops and spokeswoman Ann Moore said Coca-Cola has no indication that the information on the stolen computers was misused.

Moore confirmed that the personal information on the laptops belonged mostly to employees or former employees of Coca-Cola Co.

Coke is sending letters to about 18,000 people whose names and Social Security numbers were found on the laptops.



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[LiberalEsto]

1. Mysterious, isn't it? So many companies losing laptops with vital data

in recent years. What a convenient excuse. They're probably selling the data.

[LiberalArkie]

2. Why were they not encrypted?

The company I just retired from had every notebook encrypted. We wanted to get the info off an employees laptop that quit. But lan/desktop had no way of getting the info off without his password.

Why don't companies do that to everything?

[d_legendary1]

3. Looks like the NSA strikes again!

[Wilms]

4. Was the super-secret coke formula on it? n/t

[KansDem]

6. It must have been the Pepsians!

They've always wanted the super-secret formula!

[LiberalFighter]

5. Only sending letters to 18,000?