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First California, now New York lets pensioner info slip

A laptop containing data on New York pensioners is missing

The past few days have turned out to be a tad unlucky for some retirees.

First, California's state pension fund office admitted to accidentally printing out Social Security numbers (SSNs) in the address pane of brochures it mailed out to some 485,000 retirees.

Now, a laptop thought to contain SSNs and other personal data on 280,000 New York pensioners has been stolen. The laptop belonged to a consultant working at the city's Financial Information Services Agency (FISA) and was taken Monday evening from a restaurant in which he was dining.

"The consultant hired by FISA had access to personal information of members of the city's various pension systems," Jason Post, a City Hall spokesman, said via e-mail. "We believe that the stolen laptop contained some files with personal information in them, but it is unclear how much,"

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