Laptop with NYC retirees finance data stolen

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.newsday.com/business/am-retiree0823,0,6813539,print.story

A laptop loaded with financial information on as many as 280,000 city 
retirees was stolen from a consultant who took the computer to a 
restaurant, city officials said.

The private consultant to the city Financial Information Services Agency 
had access to personal data about members of various city pension systems, 
mayoral spokesman Jason Post said Wednesday. The consultant told 
authorities Monday the portable computer had been stolen.

Post said the city would notify any retirees whose data might be 
compromised.

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