P2020-ND-023

Economical Mutual Insurance Company

On October 14, 2019, an independent insurance claims adjusting firm engaged by the Organization to adjust property claims for its policyholders had a break-in and several computers were stolen from its offices. The information on the computers was encrypted and protected by passwords. However, the Organization reported that a thief may have had access to the encryption password for one of the computers. The Organization reported that it has no indication that the theft was for the purposes of accessing personal information, but said that is uncertain of this. To date, two of the stolen laptops have been recovered, but not the computer with the available password. The police investigation resulted in an arrest of an individual.

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