Archive for the ‘Lost & Stolen Laptops’ Category

Laptop Theft: PII About 1,000 W.Va. Air National Guard Members

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

A report in the Air Force Times indicates a laptop containing personally identifiable information (PII) about 1,000 West Virginia Air National Guard members was stolen during a training trip in November. The spokesperson for the Air National Guard indicated:

“The Air Force uses some of most sophisticated encryption processes to safeguard information on government computers”

…implying the data on the laptop was encrypted, but not coming right out and saying it was.

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DOT Stolen Laptop: Arrest Made

Monday, November 27th, 2006

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) laptop stolen in July containing information “such as names, addresses, social security numbers, and dates of bith‚Äîon more than 130,000 individuals who were issued driver’s and pilot licenses in the Tampa and Miami areas” is still missing, but an arrest has been made.

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