Screw the security!
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The Veterans Affairs data analyst who lost the personal data of 26.5 million veterans improperly took the information home for three years before the data was stolen, government investigators told Congress Thursday.
In a pair of hearings, VA Inspector General George Opfer detailed a series of missteps leading to one of the nation’s largest information security breaches. He noted that his office only became aware of the May 3 burglary through office gossip.
Update 2/26/2007: The link does not work anymore. Please let me know if you of are aware of a working one. Thank you.
I found it via a posting from Frank Hayes and I agree this is just utter @#$&@!#
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The Veterans Affairs data analyst who lost the personal data of 26.5 million veterans improperly took the information home for three years before the data was stolen, government investigators told Congress Thursday.
In a pair of hearings, VA Inspector General George Opfer detailed a series of missteps leading to one of the nation’s largest information security breaches. He noted that his office only became aware of the May 3 burglary through office gossip.
Update 2/26/2007: The link does not work anymore. Please let me know if you of are aware of a working one. Thank you.
I found it via a posting from Frank Hayes and I agree this is just utter @#$&@!#
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20:04 on Thursday, May 25th, 2006