Laptops Containing Retirement Data Are Reported Stolen

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Five laptops containing data about tens of thousands of retirement-plan
participants at multiple companies were reported stolen by benefits
consulting giant Towers Perrin last month, the latest in a string of
thefts across industries raising concerns about privacy and identity
theft.

Towers Perrin reported the laptops missing on Dec. 7, and New York City
police made an arrest on Dec. 28, but the computers haven't been
recovered, people familiar with the matter said. A criminal complaint
filed in New York suggests the laptops were stolen from a locked room in
the building housing Towers Perrin's Manhattan office on Nov. 27.

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