Disk With Every State Employee's Personal Data Stolen - Ohio

[liberal N proud]

COLUMBUS -- Sensitive personal information on every state employee has been stolen, Gov. Ted Strickland said Friday in a press conference.

The information included Social Security numbers and other personal information on the thousands of people employed by the state.

Strickland said the information on a stolen disk will not be easy for criminals to get to. He said the files would require specialized knowledge and hardware.

Someone stole the disk from an employee's car. The employee took the disk home as part of a security procedure.

That security procedure is now under fire.

The disk was stolen on Sunday night and the theft was reported on Monday.

Strickland said that for the past four days, they've been working on figuring out exactly what is on that disk.
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[truebrit71]

1. As with all cases like this...

WHY WAS THE INFORMATION HANDED OUT IN THE FIRST PLACE?

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

[EnviroBat]

2. Oh crap, and I just accepted a state job!

Is this the kind of crap I can expect to worry about?