engadget.com — Have you seen this drive? The FBI -- you know, the people in charge of your "permanent record" -- is offering up to $25,000 for information leading to the return of a missing "Iomega hard drive." Apparently, the drive contains personal information on "at least a half-million people." It was reported missing from the Birmingham, Alabama Veterans Adm
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sergeantmuddFeb 23, 2007
At least they're coming out and admitting it was lost. Stuff gets lost, even from government agencies. I'd rather they be upfront about it than trying to hide the facts from us
rancidponyFeb 23, 2007
Where did it go?* Broken & thrown in the trash, someone doesn't want to own up to it since it is now a major investigation.* Cleaning crew has sticky fingers (illegal immigrants tend not to do this since they appreciate their jobs)* Visitor with sticky fingers (sucks)* A s**tily paid employee with sticky fingers (think close to minimum wage)* Check e-bay or the local pawn shops in the area or surrounding towns
semvhuFeb 23, 2007
More Alabama idiots making the rest of us Alabama natives look like fools.Like that's hard to do in the first place....
astrotrainFeb 23, 2007
Why in the hell did they use Iomega... they're expensive ancient technology. Might as well have stored the medical records on a few thousand 8" 1/2 floppies.
otaku244Feb 23, 2007
That would be awesome if someone advertised that it could hold1,000,000 mp34,000,000 photos500,000 medical recordsIf anything... I'd think that'd be a dead giveaway.
zhulienFeb 24, 2007
damn, I don't have it - that means I cannot smash it on the ground and laugh at the FBI for losing it - idiots.
sdsurfFeb 26, 2007
If by ancient you mean Zip disks, sure... but just FYI - this article is talking about an external HDD. Not exactly "ancient". You can buy them at your local CompUSA, Staples, Frys, etc... same drives as anyone else inside the case.
uchimalbanishMay 14, 2007
Dugg that. Things like this happen everywhere.