Stolen Laptop Exposes Personal Data on 207,000 Army Reservists
Summary: A laptop stolen from the Morrow, Georgia offices of government contractor Serco Inc. contained a CD-Rom with the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of more than 207,000 U.S. Army reservists, and the Army Reserve Command began emailing affected reservists on May 7. Col. Jonathan Dahms said the laptop was one of three stolen from Serco, which held the data under a contract with the Army's Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation division, and that some of the data may belong to dependents and spouses.
What you should know: More than 207,000 reservists and potentially their family members had Social Security numbers sitting unencrypted on a removable disc in a contractor's office, and the Army's response was a letter expressing regret and a promise of additional training.
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