Re: [privacy] VA Laptop Was Sold from the Back of a Truck

["Young, Keith" <Keith.Young () montgomerycountymd gov>]

> Both the laptop and hard drive ended up for sale at a 
> black market just north of Washington D.C., near a subway 
> station outside the Beltway near Wheaton. We're talking 
> about the kind of market that is literally run out of the 
> back of a truck, one official said. 

Hmm... The laptop was sold at a Metro train station only 3.5 miles (5.6
km) from where the theft occurred. Does this really surprise anyone? As
I said before, it was probably sold days after the robbery (and long
before this hit the newspapers).

> Fortunately, a buyer purchased both components at this 
> black market, keeping the missing hardware together.

Fortunately, the buyer wasn't arrested for receiving stolen goods, which
would have happened if the reward didn't contain the "no questions
asked" policy.

--Keith

Keith Young, Security Official
Department of Technology Services
Montgomery County, Maryland
phone - (240) 777-2955
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