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A laptop containing the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of about 18,000 Bank of America customers was stolen from a car. - San Francisco Chronicle, June 28, 05.

2,000 IRS (Internal Revenue Service) laptops that may contain taxpayers' confidential information lost or stolen. - CNET News.com, August 16, 02

400 Department of Justice laptops that may have contained national security or sensitive law enforcement information lost or stolen - Fox News, Aug 05, 2002

"Thieves said money, laptop computers and jewelry were their favorite items."- BBC, Nov 7, 04

"Laptops are the most stolen article of property in San Francisco"- San Francisco Police Department, August 22, 02.

"Stolen University of California, Berkeley Laptop Exposes Personal Data of Nearly 100,000" -ABC News, March 28, 05.

A laptop belonging to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's press secretary stolen. - Monterey Herald, Dec, 04.

A laptop computer containing the names and Social Security numbers of 16,500 MCI employees was stolen" - Wired News, May 23, 05.

Two computers containing 185,000 patients records of San Jose Medical Group stolen. - ZDNet News, April 8, 05.

A Wells Fargo computer containing sensitive information of thousands of customers was stolen. - San Francisco Chronicle, Nov 7, 04

Canadian federal government laptops containing confidential information on 120,000 Canadians and other sensitive information stolen. -Vancouver Sun, Oct 14, 04

"THREE computers containing George Bush's confidential campaign plans have been stolen."- Sunday Mail, Oct 5, 04

"145,000 blood donors they could be at risk for identity theft due to a stolen university laptop."- CNET News, June 10, 04

"NHTCU (National Hi-Tech Crime Unit) noted that although virus reports were high, it is laptop theft that is a greater cost burden to businesses." - VNU Business Publications, May 17,04.

1,600 laptops stolen daily in US. - Time Magazine, Jan. 27, 03.

A laptop theft results in an average loss of $47,000.- FBI and CSI.

205 British Defense Ministry laptops containg new weapons systems and other classified information lost or stolen. - Wired, April 17, 01.

"FBI statistics indicate that one in eight laptop computers will be stolen" - USA Today, Oct 24, 00.

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"according to FBI estimates, the second most common crime, just after identity theft, is laptop theft. Each year, 2 million notebook computers are reported stolen, which doesn’t take into account the systems left at airports, coffee shops, and bus terminals. " - Processor, May 19, 2006.
Two laptop computers of GMAC Financial Services containing personal data of it's 200,000 customers are stolen. - Money Plans, June 4, 05.
"A laptop computer with personal information of students and applicants was stolen from the Cleveland State University admissions office." - WKYC-TV, June 3, 05.
A laptop computer, which contained the names, Social Security numbers and health information about 21,600 Medi-Cal recipients, was stolen. -Associated Press, May 28, 05.
A thief stole the UK chief public prosecutor Ken McDonald's laptop. -Sillicon.com, April 13, 05.
"The number one issue on campus is bike theft. The new trend is laptop theft, and it's a national trend."- Daily Nexus, April 11, 05.
"Stolen University of California, Berkeley Laptop Exposes Personal Data of Nearly 100,000" -ABC News, March 28, 05.
"Government Secrets Lost, Stolen, Copied…A computer loaded with sensitive Justice Department files was pilfered from a consultant's office, sending federal security officials into crisis mode." - Canadian Press, Feb 13, 05.
The laptop belonging to Governer Arnold Schwarzenegger's press secretary stolen. -Monterey Herald, Dec 26, 04.
"Valuable research on meningococcal disease is at risk after the theft of a laptop computer from an Auckland doctor."- NZCity News, Dec 22, 2004.
100,000 confidential information of Delta Blood Bank records including blood donor's name, address, date of birth and Social Security number were stolen along with a laptop. - The Modesto Bee, Dec 21, 04.
Three laptop computers containing personal information about 1,100 employees with payroll direct deposit, and possibly Social Security numbers for 13,000 students were stolen from Grand Rapids Community College's finance department - The Grand Rapids Press Nov 23, 04.
Several federal departments in Canada reported over $1 million in theft of computers in 2003. Some computers contained confidential personal information on more than 120,000 Canadians and other sensitive information. -Vancouver Sun, Oct 14, 2004
"The most commonly reported crime is theft, and two of the most commonly stolen items are bicycles and laptop computers."- Carnegie Mellon University News Letter, Oct 5, 2004.
"University of California, Los Angeles, are warning 145,000 blood donors they could be at risk for identity theft due to a stolen university laptop."- CNET News.com June 10, 2004
Australian government loses several hundred laptops a year, according to a former director of security intelligence for the Department of Defence, Clive Williams. Also says "The commonwealth loses several hundred laptops a year. [Victims] invariably say that there is less sensitive information on them than there is [to try and protect themselves]". - Computer World, June 10, 2004
"About 63 percent of respondents to the survey said they were victimized by laptop thefts in 2002 - up from 55 percent in 2001" - The Associated Press, Nov. 26, 03.
591,000 laptops stolen in the USA in the year 2001 - Time Magazine, Jan. 27, 03.
"Now, laptops are the most stolen article of property in San Francisco," said Richard Leon, an inspector in the San Francisco Police Department burglary detail. "We get reports of hundreds of laptops stolen each month."- CNET, August 22, 2002.
"A survey ... reveals that a staggering 2,900 laptops, 1,300 PDA's and over 62,000 mobile phones have been left in London's licensed taxi cabs in ... 6 months with an average of 3 phones per taxi." - TECS, August 31, 2001
"Federal Bureau of Investigation, disclosed that 184 of the bureau's laptops were missing." - GovExe, Aug 8, 01.
"The Justice Department has lost track of 775 weapons and 400 laptop computers, more than half of which may have contained national security or sensitive law enforcement information, an internal investigation found." - Fox News, Aug 05, 2002
"What do the U.S. state department, the British military and the FBI have in common? Each of these security-centric organizations has recently lost laptops with sensitive information." -Interactive Week Online, August 6, 2001
"Laptops stolen from the Football Association's London ... thieves also stole hard drives and thousands of disks, believed to include sensitive material such as bank details." -The Register, May 12, 2001
"The British Defense Ministry has reported 205 laptops missing since 1997 -- most of which contained classified information...The latest was reported missing on Monday. This one reportedly contained data about new weapons systems." - Wired, Apr. 17, 2001
"Of the 13,000 laptops used by the FBI, they said 171 were missing and 13 were stolen." - CNN, 2001.
"FBI statistics indicate that one in eight laptop computers will be stolen" - USA Today, Oct 24, 00.

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