From: security curmudgeon (jerichoattrition.org)
Date: Tue Jan 27 2009 - 05:07:44 CST

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http://www.madison.com/wsj/mad/latest/434816

By Dean Mosiman
Madison.com
Jan 26, 2009

An oversight by the city of Madison's personnel office is why Social
Security numbers of 300 to 500 city employees were stored on a laptop
computer stolen Friday from an office in the City-County Building.

The laptop was found about two blocks from the City-County Building on
South Hamilton Street and turned over to police Monday morning, who
determined late in the afternoon that no sensitive information was
accessed.

The theft, however, put a scare into many and raised questions about city
security of personal information.

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz expressed concern about the incident and ordered a
review of security specific to the situation, spokeswoman Rachel
Strauch-Nelson said.

The city laptop was taken from a "relatively secure location" in the
fifth-floor Human Resources Department offices in the City-County
Building, Wirtz said.

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