5/22/2006

Thief Steals 26.5 Million Veterans’ Identities

Filed under: Aviran Mordo @ 8:53 pm

Identity data on more than 26 million U.S. veterans and spouses has been stolen, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James Nicholson said that a VA data analyst took home a laptop that contained names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth for up to 26.5 million veterans and some spouses. The computer was stolen from the analyst’s home in a recent burglary.

Source: InformationWeek

 

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