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Key Data on Millions of Veterans Stolen!
ABC News ^
| 5/22/06
Posted on 05/22/2006 10:06:13 AM PDT by areafiftyone
May 22, 2006 Personal data on about 26.5 million U.S. military veterans was stolen from the residence of a Department of Veterans Affairs data analyst who improperly took the material home, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said Monday.
The data included names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth for the veterans, Nicholson said, but "there is no indication at this time" that the data had been used for identify theft.
Nicholson said the theft of the data took place this month, but declined to identify the employee or the location of the burglary.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mdm; military; nicholson; privacy; theft; va; veterans; vetsissues
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To: pnz1
"Your average person robbing a house wouldn't want this data would they?"It was probably on a disk inside a stolen computer, or some such. I can't even imagine a burglar standing there, sorting through disks...
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:28:15 AM PDT
by
redhead
(Wasilla, Alaska: Where we drink our Trash in 16-oz. glasses.)
To: John Jorsett
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:29:00 AM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!)
To: John Jorsett
Deutsch was the CIA guy who took secret data home and kept it on a computer that his kid also used. I betcha this is a cute way to let the stuff be hacked by the bad guys.
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:30:49 AM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(Labs Rules! Brilliant!)
To: pnz1
Your average person robbing a house wouldn't want this data would they?Nope.
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:31:37 AM PDT
by
Velveeta
To: areafiftyone
Today's phrase is "class action lawsuit."
Can you say it?
I knew you could....
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:32:03 AM PDT
by
tracer
To: ibheath
"----- This person should face criminal charges for taking the data home."
I would like to know why he took it home.
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:32:12 AM PDT
by
malia
(FLIGHT 93 HAS DONE MORE TO FIGHT TERRORISM THAN THE WHOLE OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY!!))
To: John Jorsett
"Nicholson said the theft of the data took place this month, but declined to identify the employee>"
Nicholson will learn a new saying of the wise Confucius: "Pre-trial Discovery is Bitch".......
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:35:09 AM PDT
by
tracer
To: John Jorsett
"Nicholson said the theft of the data took place this month, but declined to identify the employee>"
Nicholson will learn a new saying of the wise Confucius: "Pre-trial Discovery is Bitch".......
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:35:55 AM PDT
by
tracer
To: malia
For the same reason that Willie Sutton robbed banks,,,,,
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:36:51 AM PDT
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tracer
To: areafiftyone
but "there is no indication at this time" that the data had been used for identify theft.
That is, until ABC ran this story and the thieves realized what valuable information they have.
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:37:20 AM PDT
by
kenth
To: areafiftyone
More data for democrat voter registration files.
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:37:39 AM PDT
by
maplenut
To: malia
Because, the payout for the information on that hardrive was more than his salary.
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:38:02 AM PDT
by
Zavien Doombringer
(Mr. Franklin, what form of customes did you create in Tiajunna? A beeber, Madam, if you can stune it)
To: areafiftyone
Stolen, my behind. This person sold the info.
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:40:30 AM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
To: ibheath
Anybody know how I can find out if my info was in there??? With 26.5 million, chances are you have been compromised.
What's there to investigate? This guy should be shot!
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:40:34 AM PDT
by
Gritty
(On 9/11 the herd mentality-big govt wedded to ‘70s hijack procedures-failed spectacularly-Mark Steyn)
To: tracer
Right. And each veteran gets a Mickey D's coupon and the scum bag shysters take home billions. Please leave me out of the class.
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:41:40 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: malia
"----- This person should face criminal charges for taking the data home." I would like to know why he took it home.I don't care why he took it home. The article clearly states it was improper for him to take it home. That means either ill intent or gross stupidity/negligence/incompetence. There is no good explaination for taking it home.
Because of this person's actions, I have to put a fraud alert on my credit bureaus and monitor them for the rest of my life.
These names can be sold to illegals who want fake ID. Am I alarmist? A little. I worked as a mortgage broker for 4 years, and those people whose ID's had been stolen lost years of their lives trying to repair the damage to their names and finances.
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:42:29 AM PDT
by
ibheath
(Born again and grateful to God.)
To: areafiftyone
Argh! Why are people taking this information home! Same thing happened at the school I earned my Bachelor degree at. Few months back some administrator took a laptop home with thousands of SSN numbers on it and it got stolen. The schools letter to me - "watch out for identity theft". Not even an apology.
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:42:38 AM PDT
by
Gator101
To: dljordan
That guy probably sold it to China. They should check his bank accounts.
To: areafiftyone
Lovely. I am assuming my records were in the mix.
To: Texas_Jarhead; ibheath
You can say that again Texas.
ibheath, at 26.5 million vets I'll bet your's was in there also.
Identity theft? I'll bet it's coming.
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posted on
05/22/2006 10:45:18 AM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
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