VA Faulted In Data Theft

Well, shock of shocks. The VA has been found to be at fault in the stolen laptop incident.

In a blistering report, the inspector general’s office in the Department of Veterans Affairs said a series of missteps led to theft of hardware containing data on millions of veterans and held up response after the fact.

I’m still annoyed that the VA was trying to hang the employee out to dry on this issue in a bid to save face. Simply deplorable.

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[tags]VA, Veteran Affairs, Stolen Laptop, Data Theft[/tags]

Posted by Dave Lewis on July 12, 2006. Filed under Data Security. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry