"At least two prominent Democratic legislators and more than 70 state tax department employees are among Connecticut taxpayers at risk of identity theft because their Social Security numbers were on a stolen tax-department laptop computer. Donovan said he still cannot understand why highly important information, such as taxpayers' Social Security numbers, could be lost." "Why is this computer off site?" Donovan asked. "In the old `Mission Impossible,' they handcuff it to the briefcase. Right now, I'm not very happy with the breach [of security] or the reaction to the breach." Download entire story in PDF format. NOTE: Somewhat AMAZING, at least to me, the responses when "POWERFUL" people are at risk for data loss!
