Laptop theft culprit US Department of Defense is ... teenagers

Two teenagers who were detained yesterday for involvement in laptop theft and hard drives contain sensitive information about 26.5 million veterans and US military personnel, the authorities said.

The laptop was stolen from the home of a Veteran's (VA) employee on May 3. After the incident became noisy in the newspaper, it, along with the hard drive, was returned to an FBI by an unknown person on June 28.

The hard drive contains data such as the names, social insurance numbers and birth dates of veterans discharged from 1975. Because of the serious nature of the incident, it was identified and the worst government data theft in US history.

Christian Brian Montano, 19, one of two suspects was arrested on dawn yesterday.Source: AP

Few people suspected that the culprit of this heavenly incident was only two teenagers . 19 years old.

Jesus Alex Pineda and Christian Brian Montano - Rockville residents have been arrested on dawn yesterday and charged with first-degree theft (over $ 500). However, police believe there is still a third teenager involved in this case.

Authorities said the suspects were not planning to target the VA employee's house from the start, not knowing in the laptop hard drive contained sensitive information until the incident was brought to light.

Last month, VA announced that after a thorough inspection, the FBI said "with great confidence" that the data files inside the laptop and the hard drive have not been opened or exploited at any time. What for.

" The capture of the culprit is a good news, but we must also see that it is fortunate that the above data is still safe, " said Steve Buyer, chairman of Ha's Veterans Committee. American Institute said.

" The weaknesses and vulnerabilities within VA's protection mechanisms are real, and with the help of Congress, VA needs to expedite the information security reform ."

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