[Dataloss] L.A. County Warns 94,000 Of Possible ID Theft

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(Update to story originally posted March 2 by Chris Walsh)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/31/national/main1459534.shtml

County officials have sent 94,000 letters warning people of possible identity 
theft after documents containing their confidential information were publicly 
exposed in January.

The documents were left next to a recycling bin in a parking garage outside a 
Department of Public Social Services office in Exposition Park. The documents 
contained names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers and medical 
information of people who received services from the office in the last two to 
three years, said department spokeswoman Shirley Christensen.

There have been no reports of identity theft from any of the 2.2 million people 
who use the department's service, Christensen said.

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