The data had been copied to an iPod and included names, social
security numbers, birth dates, phone numbers, and addresses.
??? The theft of a portable hard drive from an employee of the U. S. Department of
Veteran??™s Affairs, VA Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, resulted in the
potential exposure of nearly a million VA patients??™ data, as well as more than
$20 million being spent in response to the data breach.
??? In April 2007, a woman in Nebraska was able to use TurboTax online to access
not only her previous tax returns, but the returns for other TurboTax customers
in different parts of the country. This information contained things like social
security numbers, personal information, bank account numbers, and routing
digits that would have been provided when e-filing.
??? A security contractor for Los Alamos National Laboratory sent critical and
sensitive information on nuclear materials over open, unsecured e-mail
networks in January 2007??”a security failing ranked among the top of serious
threats against national security interests or critical Department of Energy
assets. Several Los Alamos National Security officials apparently used open and
insecure e-mail networks to share classified information pertaining to nuclear
material in nuclear weapons on January 19, 2007.
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