Deloitte and Touche Screw Armstrong World Employees

Deloitte and Touche (or is it toilet and douche?) got sloppy with customer data again. Just months after a D&T employee left a CDROM in the seatback pocket on an airplane, another D&T employee allows his laptop to get swiped from his car. Was this employee having drinks at a local pub when his laptop was stolen?

And how much crime is there up in Amish Lancaster, PA?

From the WaPo here:

LANCASTER, Pa. — A laptop stolen from a payroll auditor contains personal information on 12,000 current and former Armstrong World Industries Inc. employees, the company said.

The data include home addresses and phone numbers, Social Security numbers and how much the people were paid. A two-page letter sent by Armstrong last week said the company was not aware of any misuse of the information, and that a password was required to access the information on the computer.

The laptop was stolen from a locked car belonging to a Deloitte & Touche LLP employee, Armstrong said. Deborah G. Harrington, a spokeswoman for the consulting firm, declined to comment.

Armstrong advised employees to watch their bank accounts, credit cards, bills and financial statements for signs of unusual transactions. It also suggested that for three months they place a fraud alert on their credit files.

Lancaster-based Armstrong makes flooring, ceilings and cabinets.

Armstrong makes cabinets. Deloitte and Touch specializes in allowing personal data to be stolen. Will anyone be fired over this? Will anyone wise up and start using encryption on their laptops when dealing with private data?