NY: Laptop with confidential information is recovered

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://blog.syracuse.com/news/2007/05/laptop_with_confidential_infor.html

The laptop stolen from the Booker T. Washington Community Center in Auburn 
was recovered Friday after a 16-year-old female tried to trade it at a 
pawn shop, city police said.

Cayuga County officials had issued a credit-fraud alert Wednesday because 
the laptop computer holds personal information from individuals who 
applied for Family Health Plus or Child Health Plus state health insurance 
program benefits.

"None of the data was compromised," said Wayne Allen, county manager.

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