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Burglars steal London police pay computers

LONDON (Reuters) - London detectives said on Wednesday they were hunting for burglars who had stolen laptops possibly containing their own pay details, along with those of some of their fellow police officers.

The crooks broke into business premises owned by LogicaCMG, the firm responsible for the Metropolitan Police's pay and pension services, and swiped three computers containing details about thousands of the force's staff.

Officers said the burglary, last Thursday evening, was thought to be an opportunist crime and not a targeted raid.
"A risk assessment of the data on the laptops has been conducted," the Met Police said in a statement.



"We believe the risk of staff members falling victim to either fraudulent activity or identity theft is minimal."

Staff were being informed and CIFAS, the fraud prevention service, was being contacted to help safeguard officers and other employees becoming victims.

One man was arrested last Friday on suspicion of burglary and has since been released on police bail.

The Met said Logica had offered its Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, an "unreserved apology".

taken from the reuters website

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