[privacy] FOIA Documents Reveal 478 IRS Laptops Lost or Stolen

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via WTOP News Radio (Washington, D.C.).

[snip]

The Internal Revenue Service is the latest federal agency to
acknowledge a security breach involving missing laptop computers. The
breach once again puts Americans at risk of identity theft.

According to documents obtained by WTOP through the Freedom of
Information Act, between 2002 and 2006 year-to-date, the agency charged
with collecting taxes and protecting taxpayers' personal information
had 478 laptops either lost or stolen.

Of those missing computers, 112 contained sensitive data including the
Personal Identifiable Information, such as Social Security numbers, for
some U.S. taxpayers.

The IRS was unable to disclose how many people could be at risk of
identity theft, but said they are working to make that determination.

[snip]

More:
http://wtop.com/?nid=428&sid=975026#

- ferg


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