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Feds Lose a Laptop computer with personal data....-Again

 
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richie
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:34 pm    Post subject: Feds Lose a Laptop computer with personal data....-Again Reply with quote

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"The federal government has repeatedly pledged to encrypt sensitive information, not to mention stop the practice of storing it on employee laptops, in the wake of several serious security breaches. But apparently it has yet to make good on its promises...."

The complete report:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=security-breach-lost-laptop
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shouldn't the automobile manufacturer be held liable because they didn't make the trunk secure enough to prevent theft?

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm one of the 20 million veterans who had our VA records compromised in that other incident. This sucks, maybe if a couple of GS 15s were flogged or shot this crap would cease! Evil or Very Mad
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

velodog wrote:
I'm one of the 20 million veterans who had our VA records compromised in that other incident. This sucks, maybe if a couple of GS 15s were flogged or shot this crap would cease! Evil or Very Mad


Yeah, I got my letter about this also.

But it's system-wide... disciplining a few folks will not end the problem.
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice to see that our ID's are getting jacked again...
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