TEXAS COMPUTER CONTAINING SOCIAL INSURANCE NUMBERS STOLEN FROM BOEINGAP Wire | 11/18/2005 | Boeing says computer with sensitive employee information stolenPosted on Fri, Nov. 18, 2005

Boeing says computer with sensitive employee information stolen

Associated Press


CHICAGO - A computer that contained Social Security numbers and other personal information for 161,000 current and former Boeing Co. employees was stolen, the company said Friday.

Boeing said it had no evidence that any of the employee information - which included birthdays and banking information in some cases - was accessed or misused. It added that no sensitive company information or supplier or customer data was stored on the computer, which was owned by the company but stolen from a non-Boeing site.

Chicago-based Boeing said it is in the process of notifying affected employees of the security breach and helping them enroll in fraud-alert programs at the nation's three major credit reporting agencies.

The company said it is investigating the theft along with law enforcement authorities.

"We are taking a number of steps to minimize any potential damage that could result from this violation of our security procedures," Rick Stephens, senior vice president of human resources and administration, said in a statement.