Heavy Equipment Maker, LBX, Affected by Stolen Laptop

Lexington, Kentucky-based heavy equipment maker, LBX Company LLC, responded to a stolen laptop computer that had unencrypted personally identifiable information available.
LBX, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo Heavy Industries, discovered an incident on June 18, where a company-issued laptop computer ended up removed from an employee’s vehicle.
“Although this device was password-protected, LBX determined there was unencrypted data saved to the laptop, which may have included your personal information,” the company said in a letter to victims of the attack. “This data could potentially be accessed by an unauthorized person if the person was able to defeat the password protection and gain access to the laptop.”

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