Missing laptop with data on 540,000 state workers found

26.07.2006
A laptop computer containing personal information on more than half a million New York state workers has been found after it disappeared May 9 from the offices of a third-party data management company.

In a statement today, the company -- Chicago-based CS Stars -- said the laptop belonging to the New York Special Funds Conservation Committee "has been found and secured."

Al Modugno, a spokesman for CS Stars, said he was notified today of the laptop's recovery, though he would not comment further on whether it had been lost or stolen, adding that the incident is still being probed by law enforcement authorities.

"That's part of what the FBI is still investigating," Modugno said. "I can't really give you any more detail on that."

Modugno said the FBI told CS Stars that the agency is reasonably certain that there was no improper use of any of the data stored on the laptop. The FBI has the laptop and is still analyzing it, he said.

The laptop contains the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of about 540,000 state employees.