[Dataloss] WA: County workers' data on stolen laptop

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003944263_missingdata12m.html

The King County Transportation Department has informed 1,400 current and 
former employees that a laptop computer containing personal information 
about them has been stolen.

Workers' names, addresses and Social Security numbers were on the 
password-protected laptop, which was stolen during a Sept. 28 home 
burglary. The information was not encrypted, department spokeswoman 
Rochelle Ogershok said Thursday.

The laptop was taken from the home of a Transportation Department 
human-resources employee while the employee was traveling outside the 
country, Ogershok said. The employee routinely carries the laptop from one 
work site to another.

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