today.reuters.com— A stolen laptop computer containing sensitive information on more than 26 million U.S. military veterans has been recovered and a preliminary review indicated no data was taken...
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I completely agree. Anyone with any amount of experience would copy the hard drive. Whoever turned it in obviously knew what it was, so their first order of business was probably to copy the data before turning it in.It's another testamonial to the now non-existent state of investigative journalism that the media lets them make this ridiculous claim that they can assure people the data on the laptop was never compromised.
credit can be repaired, but with a SSN and birthdate you can get a drivers license; with a driver's license, SSN & other easily obtainable documents you can get a passport! i am suprised that has not been mentioned.
mabuJun 30, 2006
I completely agree. Anyone with any amount of experience would copy the hard drive. Whoever turned it in obviously knew what it was, so their first order of business was probably to copy the data before turning it in.It's another testamonial to the now non-existent state of investigative journalism that the media lets them make this ridiculous claim that they can assure people the data on the laptop was never compromised.
Closed AccountJun 30, 2006
"...preliminary review indicated no data was taken."That's not to say that the laptop's hard drive could have been imaged.
rauzJul 1, 2006
I was making a piracy joke, but never mind.
eyecJul 2, 2006
credit can be repaired, but with a SSN and birthdate you can get a drivers license; with a driver's license, SSN & other easily obtainable documents you can get a passport! i am suprised that has not been mentioned.