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Not something new to happen in the news world, but definitely something worth mentioning....

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Thieves who broke into a government contractor's office snatched computer hard drives containing Social Security numbers, addresses and other records of about 500,000 members of the military and their families.

The company, Phoenix-based TriWest Healthcare Alliance, provides managed health care to the military in 16 states, including Minnesota. It serves about 1.1 million active-duty personnel, their dependents and retirees. TriWest spokesman Jim Kassebaum said Thursday that no one whose records were stolen has reported a fraud related to the Dec. 14 theft.

"There's a potential for identity theft," Kassebaum said. "If you know anything about identity theft, it's a little insidious, because until it happens, you can't do anything about it."

The company said some credit-card numbers may also have been stolen.
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