Article: IBM loses retirees’ personal info

USA Today: IBM loses retirees’ personal info…

IBM, one of the world’s leading providers of encryption and other data-management technologies, is in the uncomfortable position of trying to solve its own mystery involving missing computer tapes with sensitive information about employees and records of customer transactions.

A letter sent to those affected said the tapes held archival information “such as your Social Security number, your dates of employment with IBM, birth date, contact information such as your address, and your IBM work history.”

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