Savannah company's laptop theft highlights data security concerns

["Dissent" <Dissent () pogowasright org>]

A laptop owned by a Savannah accounting firm containing 401(k)
information for employees of at least one company was stolen during a
recent trip to New York City.

The laptop, belonging to Hancock Askew & Co. LLP partner Michael
McCarthy, was stolen Oct. 5. The accounting firm notified at least one
of the companies - Atlanta-based Atlantis Plastics Inc. - on Oct. 9.

McCarthy confirmed the theft, but said no information had been
extracted from the laptop.

"No information has been accessed. No information was stolen," he
said. "A laptop was stolen. It happened to contain information. We
have absolutely no indication that any information has been leaked to
anybody."

The laptop had password protection and other safeguards in place to
prevent unauthorized users from accessing information, McCarthy said.
He declined to specify what the other safeguards were because the
information was proprietary.

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