Ohio's laptops often stolen or missing
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In Dayton, a state employee returns to work to find a $2,000 computer stolen. In Cleveland, someone walks into an unlocked office and takes a $2,200 laptop belonging to the state auditor's office.
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The loss or theft of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers soared to unprecedented levels in 2007, and the trend isn't expected to turn around anytime soon as hackers stay a step ahead of security and laptops disappear with sensitive information.
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THIEVES and vandals have struck in three parts of the Waterside area of Londonderry.   At Campsie Industrial Estate two Dell laptop computers have been stolen from commercial premises. The computers, valued at around pounds 550 each, were taken between 5.30pm on Monday and 7.30am yesterday.
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The laptop holds no local data, so no worries if it's lost or stolen.
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A state government intern in Ohio last week lost a backup device that contained personal data on more than 64,000 state workers and tens of thousands of other people.
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The laptop of a security firm salesman was stolen yesterday at a major IT security conference in London. The portable computer belongs to identity management firm -- and sponsor for the event -- Netegrity, and
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Computer stolen by school burglarsA LAPTOP computer and a wireless adapter were stolen from a primary school in Teesdale. The burglary happened at Butterknowle Junior and Infant School over the weekend.
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ATHENS, Ohio - A college student who reported that his car was stolen got a surprise when he learned a woman had mistaken it for her daughter's car and taken it- using her key.
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A laptop containing data on 106,000 Connecticut taxpayers is missing, prompting that state's governor to order IT officials to implement new controls for protecting data by Sept. 7.
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Thieves stole a laptop that contained social security number for thousands of blood donors.
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Laptop with names, addresses and Social Security numbers of employees is stolen from the car of a Home Depot regional manager.
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By Jason A. Kahl, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Feb. 28--Computers containing personal information on about 4,200 students and staff at Reading Area Community College have been stolen, leaving those people at risk of identity theft and financial fraud, officials said Tuesday.
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More than 1,100 laptop computers have vanished from the Department of Commerce since 2001, including nearly 250  from the Census Bureau containing  such personal information  as names, incomes and Social Security numbers, federal officials said yesterday.
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Data about 106,000 state taxpayers was exposed in the theft of a notebook.
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By Jamie Reid, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Dec. 8--You are not invisible in today's high-tech world, no matter how many times you hit delete.   There's always a trace.
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A stolen laptop computer containing  sensitive information on more than 26 million U.S. military  veterans and service members has been recovered and a  preliminary review indicated no data was taken, the FBI and  Veterans Affairs Department said on Thursday.
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By STEPHEN MAJORS  COLUMBUS, Ohio - A data storage device with the Social Security numbers and other personal information on all 64,000 Ohio state employees was stolen from a state intern's car last weekend, Gov. Ted Strickland said Friday.