Data theft cost taxpayers $3 million
A computer backup tape stolen from a state intern’s car could cost Ohio taxpayers nearly $3 million, according to The Columbus Dispatch. As more and more people are signing up for privacy theft protection services, the cost of the tape theft may rise even more. Additional $616,300 were authorized by the state this week, with more than $700.000 already having been directed merely towards notification letters printing and sending.
The amount of stolen information is staggering: more than 1.2 million Social Security numbers, banking information and other sensitive data were on that tape. And that’s one number per person. Almost 180.000 people have already signed up for credit monitoring, leaving a million unaccounted for.
Although the evidence of tape use has yet to be confirmed, those affected by privacy theft are in a state of perpetual fear of being robbed or worse. According to the authorities, no agreement has been reached yet on the exact measures needed to protect the victims of the tape theft.
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