[Dataloss] PA: Stolen laptop holds data on seniors

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A state Department of Aging-owned laptop computer containing personal 
information on nearly 21,000 senior citizens was stolen from a Johnstown 
home during a Dec. 5 break-in.

The computer was issued to a department employee who works with the 
agencies on aging in Indiana, Union, Snyder and Clearfield counties.

The employee was attending a funeral when the theft occurred, said Michele 
Bell Gopinath, a department spokeswoman. Police suspect the computer was 
taken for its street value, she said.

There have been no reports of misuse of the information, which included 
names, addresses, Social Security numbers, some medical information and 
the services clients received, Gopinath said.

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