The names, addresses and Social Security numbers of over 540,000 injured New York workers have been put at risk following the disappearance of unspecified “computer hardware” from a secured facility of Chicago-based CS Stars, an independent insurance brokerage.
The company is offering those involved identity theft insurance, 12 months to get free credit reports and access to fraud resolution specialists. Which might be something of a relief to those potentially-affected, but will do little for CS Stars’ bean counters, for whom the breach may proof very costly.
An FBI investigation is ongoing.
