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Stolen computer may contain data on 1.4 million Coloradans
From: "ziplock" <ziplock () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 12:24:17 -0500 (EST)
DENVER A Dallas data processing company says personal information on as many as one-point-four (M) million Coloradans may be in the hands of thieves. A computer taken from Colorado state contractor Affiliated Computer Services contains the data at least 500-thousand people who made child support payments Colorado's state Department of Human Services. It also holds data on up to nearly a (M) million Coloradans newly hired to jobs anywhere in the state. The law requires employers check data on all new employees against a state database to make sure the employee isn't being sought for child support payments. A-C-S says it's notifying hundreds of thousands of people about the theft, but stresses that authorities don't believe a thief was after the personal data or out to commit identity theft. A state spokeswoman says the computer theft was the fault of Affiliated Computer Services. She the company's contract comes up for renewal next June and will NOT be renewed. http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=5624772 _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 139 million compromised records in 447 incidents over 6 years.
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