From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Fri Mar 09 2007 - 21:48:55 CST

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http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070309/APA/703092833

A computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers and other
personal information on nearly 1,300 California National Guard troops
deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border has apparently been stolen.

The hard drive was reported missing Feb. 23 from the Guard's border
mission headquarters inside San Diego Naval Base, said California National
Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Jon Siepmann. It contains home addresses, birth
dates and other identifying information for all soldiers serving long-term
assignments on the border.

The Guard notified the soldiers Feb. 28 that their information had been
compromised. It advised them to begin checking credit statements and take
other protective measures.

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