[privacy] VA Loses Another Computer with Personal Info

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Freekin' amazing.

[snip]

Another computer with veterans' personal information is missing, the
Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday.

This time, information on as many as 38,000 living and deceased
veterans was on the computer, which was lost by outside contractor Unisys.

Officials at the Reston, Va., company notified the VA that that desktop
computer was missing on Aug. 3, the VA says. Unisys had been hired to
help with insurance collections at VA medical centers in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh.

Included on the computer were veterans' names, addresses, Social
Security Numbers, dates of birth, insurance carriers and billing
information, dates of military service, and claims data, which may
include some medical information, the VA said on its Web site.

[snip]

More:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14232678/

- ferg


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