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[calgarylady]

Here is another one from Florida.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/08/dot_data_theft.html

While Homeland Security was issuing color-coded alerts and warning travelers of the dangers of liquids on a plane, the theft of data on 40,000 licensed pilots went largely unnoticed.

The Department of Transportation (DOT)'s office of the Inspector General (OIG) reported that a laptop belonging to a special agent assigned to the agency's Miami office was stolen on July 27th.

The laptop, which the agency claimed was password-locked, contained personally identifying information on roughly 133,000 Florida residents, including:

• Personal information on over 86,000 commercial driver's license holders in the Miami area, including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers.

• Information on over 40,000 licensed pilots in the Florida area

• Data on 9,500 personal and commercial license holders in the Tampa area who received their credentials from a particular office in Largo, Florida.