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Data Loss at VA AGAIN
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:26:14 -0600
http://tinyurl.com/35qqw9 Deja vu all over again at VA November 16, 2007 (Computerworld) -- In what's become a fairly familiar routine for them of late, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating a potential data breach -- the theft of three computers containing personal data on potentially 12,000 individuals. Two desktop PCs and one laptop containing that data were stolen from a medical facility in Roudebush, Indiana -- ironically enough, on Veterans Day. The records belong to patients who were treated at the hospital and include Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information. "It appears from this most recent breach that there are still some in the VA, even some responsible for the security of such data, who don't realize the importance of the security of the names and data of our veterans," Congressman Steve Buyer (R-Ind) said in a prepared statement. According to Buyer, the VA notified his office of the breach on Thursday and are working on ascertaining the names and data of the people who might have been affected by the theft. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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