Tag archive for ‘stolen laptop’
Laptop Theft and Reefer as a Gateway… Crime?
The Bugle Observer reported last Friday that the Integrated Criminal Reduction unit of Woodstock executed a search warrant on a residence in Hartley Settlement.
What did they find, you ask? Why, a “quantity of marijuana” and a stolen laptop.
The article indicates the laptop was stolen from School District 14 — and it belonged to an elementary [...]
Rip of the Week: Stolen Laptop Marinara
There’s more to Italy than beautiful countryside and tasty food. For example, there’s good old fashioned laptop theft, the sort that happens every 12 seconds around the world.
The Fort Mills Times reports that University of West Georgia officials have notified nearly 1,300 that their personal information was on a laptop stolen from a professor travelling [...]
Laptop Theft: See No Evil?
A man from St. Paul, Minnesota stole a braille laptop from beneath the Metra train seat of one Emily Zitek. The article in the Star Tribune relayed that the computer was worth $6,500 due to its special design and programming for the blind.
Officials in the area replaced the laptop and its software… But this story [...]
Laptop Theft in Steamboat Springs School District
According to The Steamboat Pilot & Today, a laptop containing the Social Security numbers of 1300 past and present employees was stolen from the Steamboat Springs School District.
In the article, columnist Rob Douglas offers his suggestions to the school district and the public alike, regarding how to breach this important issue.
While Douglas requests that the [...]
Laptop Theft and Begrudging Photos
The Houston Chronicle reported Monday that Edison Chen, star of the movie “Grudge 2,” has finally testified against the person who stole his laptop two years ago.
In the Chronicle article, Chen described his laptop theft as “an attack.”
The laptop contained pictures of Chen with “eight of the countries best known actresses and singers” in sexually [...]
Veterans Affairs Department pays dearly for lost laptop
The VA is dishing out up to $20 million after finally settling a lawsuit from 2006. The Associated Press reported that the lawsuit dealt with a stolen laptop and hard drive. A data analyst at the VA admitted that he lost the laptop and hard drive, and that the data within included names, birth dates, [...]
Stolen Laptop Found on eBay
This story at PostStar.com makes an interesting case for the depth of the criminal mind. A laptop stolen from Andritz, Inc. last weekend wound up on the famous auctioning site, eBay.com. Employees at Andritz reportedly checked eBay as soon as it was found that the laptop was, indeed, stolen. Minutes after checking, an entry for [...]
Laptop theft at Florida Department of Revenue
An article from wftv.com announced a smash and grab burglary on Monday, December 1, 2008. The burglar stole a single laptop directly from the Department of Revenue. The perp threw a brick through the window and grabbed one of the computers inside the office.
Police are unsure if the computer contained any sensitive information, and were [...]
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