Stolen VA Laptop Found

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Posted Jun 29th 2006 5:19PM by Catherine Calacanis

The Department of Veterans Affairs has recovered the stolen laptop and hard drive containing personal information on up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel.

According to the FBI, there is no evidence that anyone has accessed the data, which includes Social Security numbers. Reportedly, to date there have been no reports of identity theft stemming from the burglary at a VA employee's Maryland home last May.

The FBI said that a preliminary review of the equipment by FBI computer forensic teams indicated that the database is intact and has not been accessed since it was stolen.

Specific details on how the laptop was recovered were not disclosed, but the VA said no suspects were in custody. Contrary to earlier reports, it seems that the VA analyst blamed for losing the laptop had received permission to work from home with the sensitive data.

Reader Comments

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1. For next time they'll better lock it with table

Posted at 4:31AM on Jul 5th 2006 by Table.man

2. I suppose robbers needed this laptop just to sell it. They even didn't know what was inside

Posted at 3:47AM on Jul 14th 2006 by Toil

3. Or maybe they just scaried of the responsobility for their action. So they just left it in public place

Posted at 9:55AM on Jul 15th 2006 by Mercury

4. I think that robbers would steal this portable computer for that what to learn the interesting information and they the have achieved

Posted at 10:58AM on Aug 31st 2006 by Taras

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