[ISN] Stolen laptop causes chaos for Accomack residents

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:44:01 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20101028/NEWS01/10280366/Stolen-laptop-causes-chaos-for-residents

By Carol Vaughn 
Staff Writer 
Delmarvanow.com
October 28, 2010 

ACCOMAC -- At least two Northampton County residents received letters 
from Accomack County notifying them their personal information may have 
been subject to unauthorized access as a result of the theft of a 
county-owned laptop in Las Vegas earlier this month.

The two men, who are related, do not own personal property in Accomack 
County and have never paid personal property taxes to Accomack County, 
one said.

Accomack County Administrator Steve Miner said he has spoken to one 
other Northampton resident who also received a letter, and he thinks 
there were others.

"I saw the article in the Eastern Shore News, and I was thinking, 'Oh, 
those poor people in Accomack County,' " said Craig Richardson, who 
lives near Seaview in lower Northampton County and whose mailing address 
is in Cape Charles.

Then he received one of about 35,000 letters sent by Accomack County 
informing him that his name and driver's license number were on the 
stolen laptop. He called Accomack County the same day to ask why.

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