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Re: [Dataloss] AL: Missing Veterans Affairs hard drive sparks identity theft fears
From: Dissent (Dissent
pogowasright.org)
Date: Sat Feb 03 2007 - 01:10:50 CST
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Preliminary figures of possible number compromised in this AP report:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/16612710.htm
A portable hard drive that may contain the personal information of
up to 48,000 veterans may have been stolen, the Department of
Veterans Affairs and a lawmaker said Friday.
[...]
Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., said that the personal information of
up to 48,000 veterans was on the hard drive and the records of up to
20,000 of them were not encrypted.
[...]
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