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Teens arrested in VA laptop theft
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 11:59:54 -0400 (EDT)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/05/laptop.arrests.ap/index.html Saturday, August 5, 2006; Posted: 7:02 p.m. EDT (23:02 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two teenagers were arrested Saturday in the theft of a laptop and hard drive containing sensitive data on up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel, authorities said. The government-owned equipment was stolen May 3 during a burglary at the Maryland home of a Veterans Affairs employee. The laptop and hard drive were turned into the FBI on June 28 by an unidentified person in response to a $50,000 reward offer. The equipment contained the names, Social Security numbers and birth dates of veterans discharged since 1975, in what was the worst-ever breach of government data. Jesus Alex Pineda, 19, and Christian Brian Montano, 19, both of Rockville, Maryland, were arrested early Saturday, Montgomery County police said. Pineda was charged with first-degree burglary and theft over $500. Montano was charged with first-degree burglary, conspiracy to commit first-degree burglary, theft over $500, and conspiracy to commit theft over $500. Police said charges were pending against a third male suspect who is a juvenile. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/errata/dataloss/
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