NY: Burglary leads to ID theft concerns

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http://poststar.com/articles/2007/02/06/news/doc45c8abf57b7ae609243186.txt

More than 500 people whose personal information was stolen from a Bay 
Street apartment where a state tax auditor lives have been notified they 
may be susceptible to identity theft.

A Dell laptop computer, computer modem and laptop case that contained 
documents were stolen from the auditor's home during the Jan. 20-21 
burglary.

Robert Lillpop, a spokesman for the state Department of Labor, said the 
laptop had little personal information on it and security features that 
should lessen the chance of it being accessed.

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