One key aspect of this is that the data was not stolen thru hacking or other networking evilness, but was physicaly stolen.

Another aspect of note is that the data appears to not be encrypted.

Now that is a whole area of IT security that many overlook in out times of internet badies our to get your systems. People think, not on the internet, no need for encryption as it is issolated, physicaly.

Whilst the days of the RAM thefts have become a distant past with whole server rooms raided by theifs just after the RAM sticks during the times of oevr inflated memory prices making them targets. The threat to your data and systems from such means still exist and can be anything from a opertunist or disgruntled janitor down to planned targeting of the data or even the hardware it runs upon.