PERSONAL DATA THEFTS 2005-2006
WMR Data Theft chart updated.
Sep. 22/23, 2006 -- The U.S. Census Bureau is the latest government agency to report the theft of laptop computers -- in this latest case 246 laptops containing confidential census information of a highly personal nature were stolen. In addition, another 426 Census computers were stolen, but the Bush administration denies they contained any sensitive information. In addition, the Commerce Department, of which Census is a component, reports the theft of 465 laptop computers. Also, the Census Bureau also reports that 46 portable data storage devices were stolen along with 15 handheld data entry devices that store data collected by census takers.
Sep. 22/23, 2006 -- The U.S. Census Bureau is the latest government agency to report the theft of laptop computers -- in this latest case 246 laptops containing confidential census information of a highly personal nature were stolen. In addition, another 426 Census computers were stolen, but the Bush administration denies they contained any sensitive information. In addition, the Commerce Department, of which Census is a component, reports the theft of 465 laptop computers. Also, the Census Bureau also reports that 46 portable data storage devices were stolen along with 15 handheld data entry devices that store data collected by census takers.
