Stolen computer stolen had personal info of 4,000 people at Iwakuni, Okinawa bases

Stolen computer stolen had personal info of 4,000 people at Iwakuni, Okinawa bases
By David Allen, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, January 27, 2008

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A laptop computer stolen Jan. 11 reportedly contains personal information on 4,000 clients of the New Parent Support Program at Marine bases on Okinawa and at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan.

Marine officials said the computer, owned by J&E Associates, a federal contractor for Marine Corps Community Services, contained data that included client names, ranks, Social Security numbers, birth dates, mailing addresses and the names of children.

Those clients include servicemembers, government employees and their dependents, said 1st Lt. Garron Garn, of the Marines Corps Consolidated Public Affairs Office.

“The information contained on the laptop does not include driver’s license numbers, credit card or banking information,” Garn said. “The private information stored on the stolen laptop was password protected.”

The theft is being investigated by the Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division, he said.


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