Found laptops containing information about 26 million US military personnel

The lost laptop contained sensitive data of more than 26 million US veterans who had just been found and, through preliminary review, there seemed to be no access to information, the FBI and the US Veterans Administration (VA ) said.

Source: SecurityLabs The aforementioned peripheral laptop and hard drive flew off the home of a VA employee from the beginning of May. Inside it is the name, date of birth, social insurance number and lots of important data. Other important of 26.2 million US veterans.

However, according to VA's announcement, "the database is still intact and has not been accessed since the laptop was stolen." The FBI and VA are currently continuing further inspections and the final results will be announced "as soon as possible".

According to the FBI, a hidden person returned the laptop to the VA office in Baltimore from Wednesday. The agency, though, has no information about the laptop's "whereabouts" during the time of theft.

The authorities' initial speculation was that this was just an ordinary burglary and the perpetrator considered the laptop a valuable item that should be taken away. However, after reading the huge information about personal data, to avoid trouble, he returned it.

After this incident, the US government is still facing a wave of protests when a series of similar data theft is thrown out in state agencies, from the Ministry of Agriculture to the Department of Energy. .

The opposition accused sensitive information such as social insurance card numbers that could be used by bad guys in credit card scams and for many other purposes.

In addition, the government was criticized for keeping "important" information in an "indiscriminate" manner and reacting too slowly to the theft. Remember that the incident happened in early May, but it was not until May 22, it was publicly announced to public opinion, ie nearly 3 weeks later.

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