Re: Veterans Affairs warns of massive privacy breach
- From: TwistyCreek <anon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 24 May 2006 07:47:32 -0000
paddy wrote:
Imhotep wrote:
"The U.S. government warned on Monday that a database containingProbably whoever stole it was after the case, computer, or whatever it was
sensitive information about veterans and their families had been stolen,
after an employee violated policy and brought the data home."
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11393
Imhotep
in. The disc was probably thrown in the nearest dumpster.
I wouldn't count on it. The data was a LOT more valuable than the
equipment was, and assuming the crooks didn't know this would be foolhardy
to say the least. they might not have intended to nab it, but if they even
glanced at it you can bet your last dollar it's up for auction to the
highest bidder. :(
I remember years ago being called to a "Charles Schwab" type financial
business to assist them with "installing some software". Turns out it was
three 1.44 floppies containing names, addresses, phone, etc, of households
that made over $somenumber annually, broken down in "tax brackets". I
asked them why they needed my help, because their software parsed the data
slick as snot. They told me that they wanted a "professional on the job"
because they paid over $175,000 for those 3 floppy disks.
That was clear back around 1985.
.
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