Computer tapes holding private customer information including names, addresses, driver's license numbers and financial account numbers were stolen from a Pulte Homes office in Las Vegas last month.
So far, there is no indication that any of the information has been used for identity theft, Pulte spokeswoman Jacque Petroulakis said Wednesday. Information on both home buyers and employees was on the tapes.
The theft was noticed shortly after it occurred, Petroulakis said, though she added police advised the company not to discuss details. It took a month for Pulte's information systems team to identify the customers who were potentially affected.
Pulte Homes Inc., of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., along with its Del Webb/Sun City subsidiary, is one of the largest homebuilders in Las Vegas.
Source: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/25/identities-16000-pulte-homes-customers-compromised/
