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Laptop with personal data of 24, 000 people is stolen
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 18:28:27 -0500 (CDT)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/humberside/10453067.stm BBC News 29 June 2010 More than 24,000 people in Hull and Leicester have had information about them stolen, it has been revealed. Training company A4e said the data was held on a personal computer of an employee which was stolen in "an opportunistic domestic burglary". A4e said the laptop, that was taken on 19 June in London, did not contain banking or credit information. The company is examining how its data security procedures were breached so it can ensure it does not occur again. A4e delivers public services across a range of sectors, including employment and welfare, training and education and debt and legal advice. The stolen laptop contained names, postcodes, dates of birth and any possible awards made by a court. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss-discuss Mailing List (dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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