Free Credit Monitoring Service for 6000 employees of Sutter Health in Sacramento

How does one get free credit monitoring for the year? Credit monitoring services are usually only provided for free after a breach. Here is an example. Imagine a computer repair shop calling your company and telling you they have a laptop there–that belongs to your company and has tons of accessible information. What now? You guessed it – free credit monitoring for all employees whose personal data was compromised.

This just happened to Sutter health. An employee was apparently in possession of a laptop that ended up in a computer repair shop. Technicians quickly realized the wealth of information on the laptop and contacted Sutter Health to let them know their laptop was in their shop.

It is unknown what has been done with the data and if any of it has been misused, but either way, current and former employees of the Sutter Health company should contact Sutter Health to receive a free credit monitoring service through Kroll Inc.

From now on, Sutter Health ensures that their employees are protecting information by encrypting and password protecting personal data.