near miss 17000 Texas military employees Exposed

[Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>]

 From Infoworld com
http://tinyurl.com/5wfbf2

 Military computer contractor convicted of ID theft
Former contractor acknowledged selling information contained in a 
military database to a person he believed to represent a foreign government

[...]

A former U.S. military contractor has pleaded guilty to exceeding 
authorized access to a computer and aggravated identity theft after he 
was accused of selling names and Social Security numbers of 17,000 
military employees, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

[...]

A forensic examination conducted by the Naval Criminal Investigative 
Service determined the data was from the Marine Corps Reserve Center 
where Craig worked, the DOJ said. The thumb drive contained personal 
information of 17,000 people assigned to the Battalion of the U.S. 
Marine Corps in San Antonio, the DOJ said. The investigation found that 
none of the information obtained by Craig was sold to others or 
otherwise compromised.

[...]

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