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AL: Missing Veterans Affairs hard drive sparks identity theft fears
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 23:21:24 -0500 (EST)
http://www.wsls.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSLS%2FMGArticle%2FSLS_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149192998926&path=!news!localnews The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced that an employee reported a government-owned, portable hard drive used by the employee at a Department facility in Birmingham, Ala. - and potentially containing personal information about some veterans - is missing and may have been stolen. "I am concerned about this report," said Jim Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. "VA's Office of Inspector General and the FBI are conducting a thorough investigation into this incident. VA's Office of Information and Technology is conducting a separate review. We intend to get to the bottom of this, and we will take aggressive steps to protect and assist anyone whose information may have been involved." [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 146 million compromised records in 555 incidents over 7 years.
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