69 computers missing from nuclear weapons lab

AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/11/09 | Joan Lowy - ap

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON – The Los Alamos nuclear weapons laboratory in New Mexico is missing 69 computers, including at least a dozen that were stolen last year, a lab spokesman said.

No classified information has been lost, spokesman Kevin Roark said.

The watchdog group Project on Government Oversight on Wednesday released a memo dated Feb. 3 from the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration that said 67 computers were missing, including 13 that were lost or stolen in past 12 months.

[what's up]

Bill Richardson at it again?

[ClearCase_guy]

Ahhhhhhh. this seems to happen at Los Alamos once or twice a year. Apparently they don’t have any security procedures in place. But, it’s not like they have any important data over there, so what could be the harm? I mean, this article says no classified information was lost, and I’m sure that absolutely true. [/s]

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

How frickin hard can it be to register each of these computers’ hard MAP addresses after they come out of their original packing cartons when newly bought, so that next time they are given an IP address by a DNS [and IT folks, to whom this is addressed, please forgive me if I misspeak] their location could be instantly flagged?

[mirkwood]

"No classified information has been lost, spokesman Kevin Roark said.".

[Ken522]

Isn’t that lab run by some university from “Caleefornia”?

[CindyDawg]

Red October

[firebrand]

No classified information has been lost, spokesman Kevin Roark said.

Hey don't even bother to lock the doors then. Let the thieves have them all.

[missnry]

I had some heavy computing to do. I only wanted to borrow one of them for a night. No big deal right?

[MamaLucci]

"No classified information has been lost," spokesman Kevin Roark said.

[max americana]

> No classified information has been lost, spokesman Kevin Roark said.

Just a bunch of Excel spreadsheets containing lists names, phone numbers and addresses of our scientists and what they were working on. Nothing important..

[eyedigress]

Is this the Sandia group again? How hard is it to account for PC’s in a top-secret funded facility?

[ThomasThomas]

Having worked in buildings with large networks I would expect to find most of them in the back of a closet.

[OneWingedShark]

Did Bil Clinton sell things to the Chinese AGAIN!?

[CougarGA7]

Well, I hope the drives are encrypted. At least make them work to get the info out of them.

[oldvike]

Whoops.

[Rebelbase]

Blast from the past!

[Diogenesis]

Don't they make sauces for McDonald's burgers there? Big deal.

America, February, 2009

Four Score Missing Nuclear Weapons Computers is Security
A Two-tiered Tax System is Fair
Extra Healthcare for US Officials and their families is Equality
Eliminating US Military Capacity is Increasing Strength
Freed, Armed Terrorists Make for Improved American Safety
Censorship for US Officials at their Whim is Transparency
War is Peace (*)
Freedom is Slavery (*)
Ignorance is Strength (*)

[ * from 1984, Orwell; rest instituted by President Obama ]

[khnyny]

Yes.

[DocH]

69 computers?

That both sucks, AND blows.