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[OhioChick]

How many "stolen laptops" (info) have we dealt with here in the US over the last several years?

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Here's one I found from today.....

Mass. settles with financial services firm over stolen laptop

December 15, 2006 (Computerworld) -- Minneapolis-based Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has agreed to pay $25,000 to the commonwealth of Massachusetts in connection with the loss of a laptop containing personal and financial data on thousands of Massachusetts residents, Secretary of State William Galvin said this week.

The laptop was stolen in December 2005 from an Ameriprise employee who had left it unsecured and unattended in a locked vehicle in a parking lot. The exact location of the theft is unclear, although the laptop has since been recovered.

The computer contained information on about 158,000 customers, including their names, account numbers or Social Security numbers and account values. It also held identifiable personal information about 68,000 current and former Ameriprise advisors, including their names and Social Security numbers.

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9006149&intsrc=news_ts_head