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2007 — Fidelity Investments: A Fidelity laptop used by a former Fidelity…

2007 69 records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

A Fidelity laptop used by a former Fidelity employee was discarded and recovered by a non-affiliated person. The employee had taken the laptop home after believing it had been decommissioned from business use by Fidelity. Participants and beneficiaries of participants in the Dairy Farmers of America Defined Benefit plan had their names and Social Security numbers exposed. At least 69 New York residents were affected by the breach, but the total number of affected individuals nationwide was not r

Root cause

Portable device theft

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