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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