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Tue 08 Aug 2008Personal data of 380,000 welfare recipients stolen
THE DEPARTMENT of Social and Family Affairs is contacting 380,000 social welfare recipients after it emerged their personal details were stored on a laptop computer which was stolen more than a year ago.
About 100,000 of the records contained bank account details of welfare recipients.
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