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March 31, 2011 03:30 am PDT

BP loses laptop with unencrypted personal data for 13,000 oil spill claimants

Oil giant BP reports that an employee lost a laptop containing personal data for 13,000 people seeking compensation for the 2010 Gulf oil spill. The data included SSNs, phone numbers, and other identifying info; it wasn't encrypted, and the circumstances through which the device was lost have aren't clear. BBC, CNN, AP....


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