Wanna hear some shocking news? Okay, here's one: in light of recent events, it seems that Boeing is following in Starbucks' footsteps.

But wait, before you start thinking that Boeing is shifting into the coffee industry, let us clear things up. Remember when we told you guys about the incident at Starbucks Corp. where they lost four laptops which had employees' info? Well, Boeing has suffered the same fate.

Apparently, one Boeing employee has lost his laptop which contained personal information about nearly 400,000 retired and current company employees.

The files stored on the laptop included salary information, Social Security numbers, home addresses, phone numbers and birth dates. Might seem like harmless stuff to be leaked out, but when placed in the hands of the wrong person, this could yield very alarming results. Unfortunately for the employee, this was a breach of company policy which requires that data should be encrypted once it has been downloaded.

Jim McNerney, Boeing's chairman, president, and chief executive, reportedly sent out an email to all employees saying that:

"We have very strict and clear policies and procedures about how employee information is handled. An employee, despite proper training, failed to comply with those requirements and as a result is being dismissed from the company."