Friday, August 11, 2006

DOT computer theft

The US Department of Transportation has announced that a laptop computer containing names, addresses and social security numbers of 133,000 Florida residents was stolen two weeks ago. According to a letter sent to Congress on August 9, the theft of the laptop happened on July 27 in Doral, FL, a suburb of Miami. The theft was reported to the DOT Inspector General on July 31. The information on the missing laptop included people in Miami-Dade County who hold commercial drivers licenses, Florida residents who have pilot’s licenses and people who got their Florida drivers licenses from a facility in Largo.

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