City loses voters' vital information

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/222892,CST-NWS-data22.article

About 100 computer discs with 1.3 million Chicago voters' Social
Security numbers have been distributed to aldermen and ward
committeemen, and the whereabouts of at least an additional six CDs
with the same information are unknown, according to the Chicago Board
of Elections.

This follows another security lapse in October 2006, when voters'
Social Security numbers were available through the board's Web site.
But unlike the Web site flaw, which was fixed in a few minutes, it
will be difficult, if not impossible, for the Board of Elections to
retrieve sensitive data physically scattered on more than 100 discs
throughout the area.

The discs also contain voters' birth dates and addresses --
information that along with Social Security numbers can be used to
commit identity theft.

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