[privacy] US says personal data on millions of veterans stolen

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060522/ts_nm/crime_veterans_dc_3
 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Personal data on about 26.5 million U.S. military
veterans was stolen from the residence of a 
    
Department of Veterans Affairs  data analyst who improperly took the
material home, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said on Monday. 

The data included names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth for the
veterans, Nicholson said, but "there is no indication at this time" that the
data had been used for identify theft.

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