NM: 69 computers missing from nuclear weapons lab

[David Shettler <dave () opensecurityfoundation org>]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g6QEPXqw-PCm21HnDYwg3sbGm5HAD969OPC81

The Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory in New Mexico is missing 69
computers, including at least a dozen that were stolen last year, a
lab spokesman said. No classified information has been lost, spokesman
Kevin Roark said.

The watchdog group Project on Government Oversight on Wednesday
released a memo dated Feb. 3 from the Energy Department's National
Nuclear Security Administration that said 67 computers were missing,
including 13 that were lost or stolen in past 12 months.

Roark initially confirmed those figures, but later updated them. He
said a total of 80 computers were lost or stolen in 2008, but 11 were
recovered.

The lab was initiating a monthlong inventory to account for every
computer, Roark said. The computers were a cybersecurity issue because
they may contain personal information like names and addresses, but
they did not contain any classified information, he said.

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