AICPA reports laptop data loss

The latest serious data loss of confidential information has been reported by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The hard drive of a damaged laptop sent out for repair, which contained the organization's membership information including social security numbers for 330,000 people, has not safely returned to the hands of the group. FedEx says it's not sure what happened to the shipment, which was sent in February, and says it is considered "missing" and not stolen at this point. Meanwhile, the AICPA began contacting members at the end of March once it learned what data was on the missing laptop.

For more on the latest data security incident:
- read this Computerworld article