From: security curmudgeon (jerichoattrition.org)
Date: Fri Jan 25 2008 - 01:28:51 CST

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"No indication the [CD] disc had been copied or even removed from the
computer."

I think that hits a new low for stupid statements regarding potential
dataloss.

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From: InfoSec News <alertsinfosecnews.org>

http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=58614

By Amanda N. Maynord
Nashville City Paper
January 24, 2008

Administrator of Election Ray Barrett said he was unaware that a compact
disc had been left in one of the stolen laptops taken from the Davidson
County Election Commission for more than a year.

Police said last night they were surprised to find the CD that had been
created in November 2006 that contained sensitive voter information,
however, there was no indication the disc had been copied or even removed
from the computer.

I was not aware of it until [the police found it], Barrett said. They told
me that was the [laptop] that wasnt working.

Barrett and other officials had been subpoenaed to appear in court this
morning for Robert Osbournes preliminary hearing.

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