full-disclosure - FBI Says Data on VA Laptop Not Accessed

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Message-ID: <242a0a8f0606291850t6cc7c165vd37a97350e1df87@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri Jun 30 02:50:59 2006
From: eaton.lists at gmail.com (Brian Eaton)
Subject: FBI Says Data on VA Laptop Not Accessed

On 6/29/06, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote:
> However, previous reports said the data was on a CD in the drive at the time,
> and *that* is going to be a bitch forensically - if the guy didn't leave
> his thumbprint on the CD Eject button, there's not really *any* way to be
> sure if the CD was pulled, copied, and replaced....

The washington post says the data was unencrypted on an external hard drive.

http://tinyurl.com/ooo2k

It sounds like if someone wanted the data and took it the obvious way,
they would have left some evidence.  But clearly someone knew exactly
what they had.  They might have decided to copy the data on the sly,
and then claimed the reward as a bonus.

You'd have to be a real jerk to sell the personal info of 20 million vets.

Regards,
Brian