Re: AL: Missing Veterans Affairs hard drive sparks identity theft fears

["Dissent" <Dissent () pogowasright org>]

Preliminary figures of possible number compromised in this AP report:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/16612710.htm

A portable hard drive that may contain the personal information of
up to 48,000 veterans may have been stolen, the Department of
Veterans Affairs and a lawmaker said Friday.

[...]

Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., said that the personal information of
up to 48,000 veterans was on the hard drive and the records of up to
20,000 of them were not encrypted.

[...]

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