Reply With QuoteWhat the hell was all of that information doing in someones home anyway?
fuck.....
Data on 26 million veterans stolen from home
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Personal information on 26.5 million veterans was stolen from the home of a data analyst in what appears to have been a random burglary, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said Monday.
The computer records include names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth, Nicholson said.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/22/vet...cnn_topstories
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What the hell was all of that information doing in someones home anyway?
Wow. That is fucking crazy.
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Originally Posted by WillieLee
man, that's crazy...
stupid Bush wiretaps
it says the guy was a data analyst, but still...fucking wow.
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Sheesh. Our Government security at work.
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still. why in the hell would he have THAT much of that KIND of data at his home? i know a lot IT positions allow people to work from home, but it seems like working on personal information for 20+ million veterans would be one of the jobs that didn't allow working from home. national security at it's best.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/23/vets.data/index.html
More in link. And how weird is it that it occured on the day CIVIL WAR #1 was out?Source: Theft of vets' data kept secret for 19 days
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Authorities waited almost three weeks to alert the public that personal data on more than 26 million U.S. veterans had fallen into the hands of thieves, a government source said Tuesday.
The data were on a laptop and external drive stolen May 3 in an apparent random burglary from the Montgomery County, Maryland, home of a Department of Veterans Affairs computer analyst, said the government source, who has been briefed on the issue.
The government did not immediately announce the theft because officials had hoped to catch the culprits and did not want to tip them off about what they had stolen for fear they would sell it, the government source said.
On Monday, officials abandoned that plan and alerted the public.
I found out about it yesterday. Apparently the info was all on a cd that the guy took home to continue work on, even though he's not supposed to do that.
Not weird at all?
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