[Dataloss] IRS Laptop Containing Employee Fingerprint Images Lost

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13152636/

By Bob Sullivan
Technology correspondent, MSNBC

A laptop computer containing fingerprints of Internal Revenue Service employees 
is missing, MSNBC.com has learned.

The computer was lost during transit on an airline flight in the western United 
States, IRS spokesman Terry Lemon said. No taxpayer information was on the lost 
laptop, Lemon said.

In all, the IRS believes the computer contained information on 291 employees 
and job applicants, including fingerprints, names, Social Security numbers, and 
dates of birth. The fingerprints had been collected as part of a normal 
background screening process. Some job applicants' information also was 
also on the computer.

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