Stolen VA Laptop Found

Interesting turn of events.  The stolen laptop with personal data of over 26 million veterans was just recovered.  There is no indication of how it was found.

A missing laptop and hard disk containing personal data on over 26.5 million veterans has been recovered, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson announced this morning.

“The investigation continues to see whether or not this information has been compromised in any way,” or whether copies of the data have been made, Nicholson said just before a scheduled hearing before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. He later said that initial FBI forensics tests indicate the data on the laptop and disk has not been improperly accessed.

Nicholson said he was informed that the missing laptop and disk had been found just before the hearing was to start.

Source: Computerworld

Written by MCruz on June 29th, 2006 with no comments.
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