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follow-up: Election Commission official not aware of CD in stolen laptop
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:28:51 +0000 (UTC)
"No indication the [CD] disc had been copied or even removed from the computer." I think that hits a new low for stupid statements regarding potential dataloss. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/news.php?viewStory=58614 By Amanda N. Maynord Nashville City Paper January 24, 2008 Administrator of Election Ray Barrett said he was unaware that a compact disc had been left in one of the stolen laptops taken from the Davidson County Election Commission for more than a year. Police said last night they were surprised to find the CD that had been created in November 2006 that contained sensitive voter information, however, there was no indication the disc had been copied or even removed from the computer. I was not aware of it until [the police found it], Barrett said. They told me that was the [laptop] that wasnt working. Barrett and other officials had been subpoenaed to appear in court this morning for Robert Osbournes preliminary hearing. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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