[Dataloss] NC: Loss, theft of personai data reported

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http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/552644.html

Recent laws requiring businesses and governments to inform consumers when 
their personal information may have been lost or stolen have helped 
uncover more than 100 security breaches in North Carolina.

A total of 103 breaches that involved information about more than 500,000 
North Carolina consumers have been reported since the laws took effect in 
2005 and 2006, state Attorney General Roy Cooper said in a news release 
today.

Of those breaches, half involved the theft of laptops, computers or other 
equipment containing personal information. Nearly 20 percent of breaches 
were caused by unauthorized release or display of information, and nearly 
18 percent were the result of hackers.

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