Loading ...Stolen Backup Device Holds Info On 225,000 Ohio Taxpayers
The device was stolen after a state intern took the device home as part of a policy that called for one backup device to be kept offsite.
A computer back-up device that was stolen last week from an Ohio state government intern’s car contains identifying information on more than 60,000 state employees and 225,000 taxpayers in Ohio.
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland announced this week that the device contains file contains the names, Social Security numbers and check amounts of up to 225,000 taxpayers with un-cashed state personal income tax refund checks and school district income tax refund checks that were issued between 2005 and May 29, 2007. The list, he noted in an online statement, did not contain mailing addresses or bank account information.
The file also includes the names and Social Security numbers of 602 lottery winners who have not yet cashed check for their lottery winnings.
This new information was added to last week’s announcement that the device contains the names and Social Security numbers of all 64,467 state employees.
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