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U.S. Lawmakers: Two Other VA Data Breaches

Holy smokes.

Grant Gross writes on InfoWorld:

U.S. lawmakers said Thursday they have learned of two more data breaches at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) even as the agency announced that law enforcement agencies had recovered stolen computer hardware containing the personal information of millions of U.S. military veterans.

The House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee has learned of a May 5 incident in which a data tape disappeared from a VA facility in Indianapolis, Indiana, and a 2005 incident in which a VA laptop was stored in the trunk of a car that was stolen in Minneapolis, Minnesota, said Representative Steve Buyer, chairman of the committee.

Also on Thursday, Pedro Cadenas Jr., the VA's chief information security officer (CISO), submitted his resignation. Cadenas, at the VA since 2002, had also served as acting deputy chief information officer (CIO) at the VA in recent months.

posted by Fergie @ 6/29/2006 02:51:00 PM