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Lost DOT Laptops: Compromised Personal Data?


From: Dissent <Dissent () pogowasright org>
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 07:48:15 -0400

A series of data breaches at agencies under the United States 
Department of Transportation has put the Personal Identification 
Information of at least 133,000 people at risk.

According to information WTOP obtained through the Freedom of 
Information Act, since 2001, the DOT has lost nearly 400 laptop 
computers and had nine instances when Personal Identification 
Information was lost or stolen.

[...]

http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=934932

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