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bobstr
05-23-2006, 04:52 PM
Authorities waited almost three weeks to alert the public that personal data on more than 26 million U.S. veterans had fallen into the hands of thieves, a government source said Tuesday.

The computer disk contained the names, Social Security numbers and birth dates of every living veteran from 1975 to the present, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said Monday.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/23/vets.data/index.html

02tj
05-23-2006, 06:06 PM
yeah! I saw it on the news yesterday. What the he!! was that guy doing with that type of info at home on a controlled disk? hello! .........OPSEC!

Stowe63
05-24-2006, 03:27 AM
yea not good... but until 9-11-01 that was all public information anyhow. My company used to buy those names and call you during dinner time. Government made lots of money.

Pacifier
05-24-2006, 11:31 AM
We're are currently working on this contract. :)