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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 _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 136 million compromised records in 403 incidents over 6 years.
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