Stolen laptop contained HP names
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[March 24, 2006]

Stolen laptop contained HP names

(Houston Chronicle (KRT) Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Mar. 24--BOSTON -- A laptop computer belonging to Fidelity Investments and containing sensitive data on about 196,000 Hewlett-Packard retirement-account customers was stolen last week, the company said.



The nation's largest mutual-fund manager confirmed reports Thursday that the computer held information on participants in HP's pension and 401(k) plans and that it has alerted those affected, offering them free credit monitoring for 12 months.

The data included names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers and other information that potentially could be used by identity thieves.



There is no evidence that the data has been misused, Fidelity spokeswoman Anne Crowley said. Crowley added that obtaining the retirement-account data didn't appear to be the motive.

Boston-based Fidelity, the sole provider of Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP's defined benefit and defined contribution plans, said it would reimburse account holders for any losses linked to unauthorized transactions connected to the stolen laptop.

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