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Laptop With D.C. Employee Data Stolen

A laptop containing the Social Security numbers and other personal data of 13,000 District of Columbia employees and retirees has been stolen, officials said. The computer was stolen Monday from the Washington home of an employee of ING U.S. Financial Services, said officials with the company, which administers the district's retirement plan.

Computer with D.C. workers' data stolen, Associated Press, June 18, 2006.