[Dataloss] Customer data stolen from water district

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20070117-9999-1mi17rincon.html


The credit-card numbers of about 500 customers in the Rincon del
Diablo Municipal Water District were stolen yesterday in an
early-morning break-in, officials said.

Thieves smashed a glass wall at the district's offices on North Iris
Lane and stole two computers, one from the customer services
department and the other from engineering, said Darlene Lynn, interim
general manager.

Customers' names and credit-card numbers were contained in software on
the customer services computer, but their Social Security numbers and
birth dates were not on either computer, Lynn said. She said the
number of stolen credit-card numbers could increase because officials
are still determining the extent of information that was taken. No
instances of credit-card numbers being used illegally have been
reported, the district said, and police are investigating the
burglary.

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About 5 percent of the district's customers pay with credit cards on a
regular basis, she said.

The district serves about 7,600 customers within a 42-square-mile
service area that includes parts of the city of Escondido,
unincorporated neighborhoods outside the city and parts of San Marcos
and San Diego. For more information, call the water district at (760)
745-5522.

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