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SPOTLIGHT: Missing bank laptops hold critical data
August 29, 2006 — 8:01pm ET
Yet another banking institution has reported that three of its laptops have been stolen, putting the confidential data of thousands of customers at risk. Sovereign Bank has sent letters out to its customers and said the incidents happened earlier this month. While the mobile devices are password protected the data--which includes social security numbers, birth dates and names of account holders, was not encrypted. Article
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