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Re: U.S. Dept. of Energy Reports Losing 1, 400 Laptops in Six Years
From: "B.K. DeLong" <bkdelong () pobox com>
Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 20:23:00 -0400
Oh phew, no classified information. That's a nice misleading statement who knows WHAT was on those machines. On 5/25/07, security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org> wrote:
Courtesy Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Via GCN.com. [snip] The Energy Department notified Congress yesterday that it has lost 1,427 laptop PCs over the past six years. The department said none of the laptops contained classified information. The figure represents approximately two percent of its current inventory of laptop computers, or approximately 71,874 units used either by agency personnel or contractors. The Energy Department statement broke down the missing laptops by year, with 144 reported missing for 2001, 248 in 2002, 256 in 2003, 258 in 2004, 223 in 2005 and 205 in 2006. Another 81 laptops were identified as missing, though the years those went missing were not disclosed. The agency revealed the information in response to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by WTOP, a Washington, D.C., news radio station. [snip] More: http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/44344-1.html _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 208 million compromised records in 675 incidents over 7 years.
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- U.S. Dept. of Energy Reports Losing 1, 400 Laptops in Six Years security curmudgeon (May 25)
- Re: U.S. Dept. of Energy Reports Losing 1, 400 Laptops in Six Years B.K. DeLong (May 25)