Personal Info on 45,000 Stolen from State Street
The State Street corporation has recently made public a security breach affecting 45,000 customers and employees. Five months ago, the company discovered computer equipment storing personal information had been stolen from one of its units. The records contained by the equipment in question included names, addresses and social security numbers.
According to CNBC, the company, a Boston-based provider of financial services to institutional investors, said 5,500 employees and 40,000 customers of Investors Financial Services, which it acquired last year, were affected.
State Street said there was no evidence the data had been misused, but it declined to say if the stolen equipment had been recovered. It is working with federal and local law enforcement agencies on the matter.
