Missing computer has info on 10,500 airmen

Missing computer has info on 10,500 airmen
By Erik Holmes - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jan 2, 2008 16:33:28 EST

A laptop computer with personal information of 10,501 active-duty and retired airmen is missing from Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, an Air Force official confirmed Wednesday.

All affected airmen — 10,001 retirees and 500 active-duty airmen — were notified of the situation in a Dec. 13 letter from Col Kurt F. Neubauer, commander of the 11th Wing at Bolling, according to a base spokesman.

The spokesman, Maj. David Malakoff, said an investigation of the incident is ongoing, and it still has not been determined if the laptop was stolen or misplaced.

He said the wing has been in touch with more than 200 of the affected airmen and none have reported compromises of their personal information.

“Because the laptop utilized Common Access Card user authentication and the information was under strict access control, including encrypted and password protected, we believe the probability is low that the information will be acquired and used for an unlawful purpose,” Malakoff said in an e-mail. “However, we cannot say with certainty that this will not occur.”


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have all this data on them every time they disappear.