IA: DNR Tells 7000: Social Security Numbers Lost

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/12370426.html

A contractor working for the DNR revealed on December 5th that a computer 
jump drive containing the names and social security numbers for 7000 
people is missing.

The DNR says the drive actually disappeared on November 21st.

Chief Technology Officer Rick Hindman tells TV9 the worker waited to 
report the error because he thought he would be able to find the piece of 
missing equipment. Hindman says the contractor believes the jump drive 
fell off of his desk and into a garbage can at a DNR office in Des Moines.

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