On June 10, a laptop with sensitive information regarding thousands of Ohio taxpayers was stolen from an intern's unlocked car. Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has announced today that about 786,000 Ohio taxpayers are at risk of identity theft because their names and Social Security numbers were stored on this laptop. That's three times more potential victims than they originally thought. According to Strickland, there is no evidence that any of this personal information has been accessed.
Well, that's comforting.
Being a citizen of Ohio, I find this particularly disturbing. What bothers me most is that this information was left in the hands of someone careless enough to leave an unlocked car, particularly one with sensitive taxpayer information.
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