[privacy] Stolen VA Data Had Phone Numbers, Addresses, Health Diagnostic Codes

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

What a freekin' mess.

Via CNN (AP).

[snip]

Personal information on 26.5 million veterans stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee this month not only included 
Social Security numbers and birthdates but also in many cases phone numbers and addresses, internal documents show.

Meanwhile, VA Secretary Jim Nicholson said Wednesday that he had named a former Arizona prosecutor as a special adviser 
for information security.

The new three-month post will pinpoint security problems at the VA and develop recommendations for improvements, 
Nicholsons said.

The three pages of memos by the VA offer new details on the scope of one of the nation's largest security breaches.

[snip]

More:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/31/veterans.data.ap/index.html

In other related news:

"Theft of Data Leads to Firings, Moves at VA"

Via The Washinton Post.

[snip]

Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson announced several personnel changes yesterday that will include the firing of 
a senior career data analyst who lost the sensitive personal information of millions of veterans.

The 60-year-old civil servant, a GS-14 employee who earns between $91,407 and $118,828 a year, has been notified that 
he will be terminated, VA officials said. The employee violated department policy by taking home electronic files 
containing the names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of as many as 26.5 million veterans.

[snip]

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/30/AR2006053001204.html

- ferg


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