Monday, May 22, 2006

Interesting Article: Personal Data of 26.5M Veterans Stolen

Sometimes, it is not only hackers you have to worry about, it's the people who work for a company. For example, this article, from May 2006, discusses how 26.5 million veterans had their personal information compromised because someone brought home data he was not supposed to.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/14641025.htm

Personal data, including Social Security numbers of 26.5 million U.S. veterans, was stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee this month after he took the information home without authorization, the department said Monday.

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