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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Missing VA Computer: Deja Vu

Didn't we just go through all this? A Veterans Administration computer containing personal data on 38,000 Pennsylvanians is missing. This time it's a desktop and it went missing from a subcontractor: Unisys Corporation. Ok, I can understand how a laptop can be stolen rather easily if one is careless enough not to purchase a $20 cable lock, but a desktop? Maybe someone at the VA can explain how, after the first debacle, they didn't do more to further secure this data and these computers?

What's that old saying? Fool me once it's your fault fool me twice......