Yes, it’s true. Home Depot, one of the nation’s largest home improvement stores, is in a heap of trouble. A laptop containing personal information for over 10,000 of their employees has turned up missing in Massachusetts. The computer was apparently sitting on the front passenger seat of a car belonging to one of the company’s regional managers. Thar car was broken into; laptop gone. The computer contained the names, social security numbers, and home addresses of thousands of Northeast employees. Home We’re-in-deep-crap is refusing to say whether or not the data was encrypted. We’re guessing that’d be a no. To the company’s credit, they immediately contacted the 10,000 affected employees, and offered free credit-monitoring services to ensure that identity theft doesn’t take place, but this seems like a small comfort in light of the potential damage that this loss could cause. We’d say we’ll stop going to Home Depot, but Lowe’s is just so shady…
Home Depot loses laptop with personal info for 10,000 employees
Updated Dec 19th, 2018 5:54PM EST
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Josh Karp followed his love of technology since a kid through to the present day. As a Special Correspondent at BGR, and part of the first editorial team, Josh covers press conferences, trade shows and other events around the world. An expert in all things mobile, Josh has more than eighteen years of experience covering the wireless industry.
