Bord Gais must have spent a fortune in the past six months on its media campaign to get people to switch from the ESB but the kind of free publicity it received in the past week following the theft of company laptops was some it certainly could have done without.

With identity fraud so rife and people's bank accounts and credit cards being the subject of sophisticated and not so intricate scams, it behoves companies holding such personal details to be extra careful.

Bord Gáis Energy say a burglary took place on June 5th at one of its Dublin offices. During this incident four laptops were stolen, one of which contained customer information and bank details for 75,000 Bord Gáis Energy electricity customers. Apparently such sensitive information was not encrypted.

The Gardaí and the Data Protection Commissioner were immediately informed and a full investigation is said to be continuing.

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