[Dataloss] CA: Yuba County data stolen

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http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/county_51837___article.html/information_brown.html

Yuba County scrambled this week to contact 70,000 people whose names and 
personal information were on a laptop computer stolen from the new Child 
Support Services office in Linda.

County officials said the stolen laptop contained Social Security numbers, 
birth dates, driver's license numbers and other private information on 
70,000 people, including 30,000 children, whose cases were opened prior to 
May 2001.

The laptop was being used as a backup system for the county.s computer 
system, said county spokesman Russ Brown. The computer requires double 
passwords for access, so officials are hoping the information inside 
remains safe.

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