"Army Guard to inform members of data loss" (oopsie!)

orleans

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Fri Aug-07-09 05:35 PM
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"Army Guard to inform members of data loss" (oopsie!)

ARLINGTON, Va., (8/4/09) � Members of the Army National Guard who could be affected by the theft of a laptop containing their personal data, will be notified through an official letter, Guard officials said here today.

About 131,000 former and current Army Guard members could be affected by the data loss, which occurred July 27 when a personal laptop owned by an Army Guard contractor was stolen, said Randy Noller, a spokesman for the National Guard Bureau.

The stolen laptop contained personal information on Soldiers enrolled in the Army National Guard Bonus and Incentives Program. The type of data includes names, Social Security Numbers, incentive payment amounts and payment dates.

The Army Guard will inform those Guard members who are determined to be impacted by this incident by mailing a letter to them, Noller said.
http://www.ng.mil/news/archives/2009/08/080509-Loss.aspx

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ColbertWatcher

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Sat Aug-08-09 01:13 AM
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1. How about no more contractors? k+r, n/t

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Ohio Joe

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Sat Aug-08-09 03:43 AM
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2. Well...

At first, I did not see the contractor connection, I don't see any mention in the article... So I went looking and found this article:

http://www.securitymanagement.com/news/stolen-contractor-laptop-compromises-131000-guardsmens-identities-006025

From the article:

"But as computer security expert Larry Ponemon of the Ponemon Institute told the Tribune, the contractor violated the most commonsense data security principles.

"To physically carry 131,000 records and use your laptop as a way of manipulating that information, there is never an excuse," he said. "There is no reason that would be an acceptable security posture for any company. That's definitely an indication of bad security.""

This tells me that it was mainframe data they lost. If that is correct, they may not have much choice but to use contractors. Not the Blackwater type of contractors but us old dinosaur manframe, assembler, JCL, VSAM and IMS type contractors. Not very many of us are going to want to join... Not very many of us physically would be able to join... Yet, their legacy systems will need to be maintained for just a bit longer anyway. So they may not have much choice.

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ColbertWatcher

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Sat Aug-08-09 04:56 AM
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3. There is a mention in the article and your OP, 2nd paragraph ...

"About 131,000 former and current Army Guard members could be affected by the data loss, which occurred July 27 when a personal laptop owned by an Army Guard contractor was stolen, said Randy Noller, a spokesman for the National Guard Bureau."

Bolded by me.

I know I'm not losing my mind!

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Ohio Joe

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Sat Aug-08-09 05:32 AM
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4. heh, I completely missed that

It's early :D

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