"A laptop containing Social Security numbers and other personal information from dozens of victims of last September's floods was reported stolen from a housing inspector's car, federal officials acknowledged Thursday.
Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday they are alerting "roughly 50" flood victims from Gary, Hammond, Highland, Griffith and Munster whose information was stored in the laptop after they applied for federal disaster assistance. The password-protected laptop was stolen from a housing inspector's car in Griffith on Nov. 4, containing names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and phone numbers of people who applied for assistance, said FEMA Region 5 spokeswoman Cat Langel." --clip-- More at http://www.post-trib.com/news/1463758,fema-lost-laptop-0306.article Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
