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- TheSnuffster, on 10/10/2008, -0/+65"It is understood the drive was not encrypted."
...and why the ***** not? - rnawky, on 10/11/2008, -0/+39What ***** noobs.... Even my porn stash has 256 bit AES encryption....
- Evi1d33d, on 10/11/2008, -0/+32TrueCrypt your *****.
- brickbat, on 10/11/2008, -5/+23What is it with the British and all these effing databases???
STOP collecting and gathering all this data you Big Brother *****! - Renian, on 10/11/2008, -0/+15They're only looking for it because it's the same drive that holds the the MoD's porn.
- zadadka, on 10/10/2008, -0/+12That young rascal John Conner has been busy again...
- baldgye, on 10/11/2008, -0/+11For ***** sake... it's starting to become a joke
- inactive, on 10/11/2008, -0/+8Did you check with the IT guy? It's probably in a desk or something.
- latin69, on 10/11/2008, -1/+9***** retarded government agencies know ***** all about security and encryption!
- superc0w, on 10/11/2008, -1/+9jesus christ?? we trust our governments with holding private information?? How many news stories has their been about stolen or LOST government articles lately...
- MrARPA, on 10/11/2008, -0/+7Because it was being held at a "secure location" ?
- mickstephenson, on 10/11/2008, -0/+6Ever stop to think the reason these stories hit the media so often is that we have an effective media and more transparency in our goverment organisations, and the amount of data ***** elsewhere could be just as high but always covered up?
- linagee, on 10/11/2008, -0/+6Too lazy to click the "encrypt this drive" checkbox.
- waydee, on 10/11/2008, -1/+7You think employers dont hold databases of their employees details anywhere else?
- BlackWarp, on 10/11/2008, -0/+6Why the ***** was the data on a portable hard disk anyway?! Being in the Army, I can't believe the incompetence of these stupid, ignorant ***** who don't know what the ***** they are doing when it comes to computers, money, making sure equipment works and is available, and running this ***** hole of a failing country,
- jonnyfatman, on 10/11/2008, -1/+6Ministry of Defense!
- NidStyles, on 10/11/2008, -0/+5Larger target's like a .gov site can have firewall after firewall if they wanted to, and still get hacked. They are large juicy target's, and if someone that know's what they are doing really want's in, they will get in no matter what you do. Short of unplugging every computer in the network connected to an outside line that is.
- Dylson, on 10/11/2008, -1/+6I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say what the hell?
- audiopackrat, on 10/11/2008, -0/+5I remember hearing about a similar event in 2006 regarding VA records.
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,126673 ... - CVL4317, on 10/11/2008, -0/+5Momma on Drugs
- inactive, on 10/11/2008, -0/+4This is why you shouldn't outsource important jobs like this.
- NidStyles, on 10/11/2008, -1/+5Buried for not reading the article, and still commenting.
- kevdotbadger, on 10/11/2008, -0/+4Did you actually read the blub about 30 lines above.
- bipolarruledout, on 10/11/2008, -0/+3Hard drives just don't walk out of data centers and if it WASN'T in a data center then what the hell was it doing unencrypted on a desktop/laptop? What is it the 80's? There is no excuse for data security this bad and certainly not for the kind of money we spend on national defense.
- AlexClewes, on 10/11/2008, -1/+4Don't trust private contractors ever. All they do is ***** up and rip off our gvrnment.
- arjie, on 10/11/2008, -2/+5Damn! If you'd said "Big Brother *****" it would have been BBC, and then we could make "In United Kingdom, TV watches you" jokes.
- linagee, on 10/11/2008, -1/+3Magnetic optical Disk
- linagee, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2It's on ebay or something.
- mrhahn, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2Umm... it's EDS, 'nuff said.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Data_Syste ... - inactive, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2Damn - another hard drive lost by IT professionals in an IT office in a highly secure building accidently on purpose?
How many do you need so that you can justify pork barrel spending on new IT secure database projects?
Is it because our government needs our citizens to demand that we spend £12 billion on it before they will put out? - mirunit, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2Even government employees do unsecure things with their computers. Remember, you are giving people a tool in which to conduct their job which they do not really understand - and alot of people expect them to use this tool intelligently?
- chedabob, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2Then the IT department should be fired for being incompetent.
- mirunit, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2Not all of them are bad, alot provide many jobs and pay well enough to attract top talent. Also, its not that hard to finish spelling government... you only saved 2 letters by poorly abbreviating it.... If you must abbreviate try "govt".
- Meocross, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2Misfits of Doom.
- biohazd, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2A sound point. I wonder how many governmental organizations perform detailed audits on data security and can say with confidence what data is stored where, how and by whom.
Who's to say the quality of sensitive data storage isn't simply at a semi-competent phase of transition where we actually _know_ when important data has gone walkabout, even if training and infrastructure hasn't yet reached a satisfactory enough level to prevent this from occurring.
If anything, the level of (albeit disappointing) accountability and transparency may serve to create traction for sound, well implemented information policy on a government-wide scale.
Anybody have any info on government policies when it comes to data security (UK, US and elsewhere)? - Delta009, on 10/11/2008, -0/+2Please enlighten me.
How can a HARD DRIVE disappear?
"Holy *****! My computer's hard drive's gone again!" - linagee, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1Magic looks real when it works 10% of the time and when you get the audience to sign NDA disclaimers (to sue them if they tell) the other 90% of the time.
- Gwennyk, on 10/14/2008, -0/+1"Thank you for travelling with Southwest trains, please take all your personal belongings with you, especially if you work for her majesty's government"
A train driver with humour :) - arjie, on 10/11/2008, -1/+2It is possible that they simply don't know how. People's faith in the infallibility of the military seems completely misplaced. Very often they do very stupid things, and even more often they get suckered real bad: http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0712/g ...
- Meocross, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1It's on mininova or something.
- inactive, on 10/13/2008, -0/+1I like mine better.
- Princeamor, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1It was probably the same guy who discovered it was missing... Duh...
- biohazd, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1...and then someone will simply go the extra mile and attempt to gain physical access to the machines, as in this case. Just a matter of probability I suppose.
- SSUK, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1How these people still get government contracts reeks to high-hell of corruption.
- inactive, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1Yeah or someone's backpack or something.
- codemonkey314, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1Masters of Deception?
The hacker gang?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Deception
:P - adkenc, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1i hate acronyms. turns out there are 60ish results for what it could be, although it appears to be that first reply...or the first in this list.
http://www.acronymfinder.com/MOD.html - nick1971, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1They are cheap. Enough said.
- inactive, on 10/11/2008, -0/+1the uk government outsource most of their data stuff to EDS which i would hope know how to use computer systems intelligently, but constantly demonstrate that they are about as useful with data system as a coal fire is in a igloo
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