[ISN] Laptop with personal data of 24,000 people is stolen

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:49:14 -0500 (CDT)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/humberside/10453067.stm

BBC News
29 June 2010

More than 24,000 people in Hull and Leicester have had information about 
them stolen, it has been revealed.

Training company A4e said the data was held on a personal computer of an 
employee which was stolen in "an opportunistic domestic burglary".

A4e said the laptop, that was taken on 19 June in London, did not 
contain banking or credit information.

The company is examining how its data security procedures were breached 
so it can ensure it does not occur again.

A4e delivers public services across a range of sectors, including 
employment and welfare, training and education and debt and legal 
advice.

The stolen laptop contained names, postcodes, dates of birth and any 
possible awards made by a court.

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