MN: Vets Home server held personal data

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.startribune.com/local/north/25652209.html?location_refer=Family%20+%20Relationships

A backup computer server stolen from the Minneapolis Veterans Home 
contained telephone numbers, addresses, next-of-kin information, dates of 
birth, Social Security numbers and some medical information, including 
diagnoses for the home's 336 residents, according to an official with the 
Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs.

The burglars broke into the facility early last Sunday.

Gil Acevedo, deputy commissioner for Veterans Health Care, said the 
thieves, who also made off with a tool kit, a laptop computer, a guitar 
and a computer game, probably had no intention of stealing the data, which 
can only be accessed by using a password.

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