Bord Gáis customer details stolen

THOUSANDS of Bord Gáis customers have been advised to check their bank statements for illegal transactions after account numbers and other personal details of 75,000 people were contained in stolen laptops.

In a separate case, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed that one of a number of laptops stolen from its offices in Roscommon town last weekend contained sensitive information relating to a social worker’s case notes involving nine families.

In the Bord Gáis case, gardaí are investigating the theft of four laptops, one of which was not encrypted and held sensitive data, which happened on June 5 at the company’s offices in Dublin. The information on one laptop included bank account numbers, sorting codes and bank addresses, as well as the names and addresses of account holders.