A laptop containing the personal information of <A HREF="http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/07/VeriSign-employee-laptop-stolen_1.html">VeriSign's current and former employees was stolen</A> from an employee's car last month, the company confirmed Tuesday.

In an emailed statement, VeriSign, a digital infrastructure vendor that manages Internet domain names such as .com and provides security services, said it was taking the recent laptop theft "very seriously" and that the company initiated an investigation as soon as the theft was discovered.[Ed.--Why does it always take months before these companies fess up about a data loss or breach?]