Facebook headquarters from aerial view Facebook Inc. headquarters stands in this aerialphotograph taken above Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Wednesday,Oct. 23, 2019. (Photo: Sam Hall/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) — Personal banking information for tens of thousandsof Facebook Inc. workers in the U.S. was compromised last monthwhen a thief stole several corporate hard drives from an employee'scar.

The hard drives, which were unencrypted, included payroll data such as employee names,bank account numbers and the last four digits of employees' SocialSecurity numbers, according to an email Facebook shared with staffFriday morning. The drives also included compensation information, including salaries,bonus amounts, and some equity details.

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