800 to 900 Military Soldiers’ personal data stolen

From Fort Lewis, Washington, a laptop was stolen that contained personal information of 900 military personnel. The report states that there was “not any classified or top-secret military information”, just a 500 GB removable hard drive that had the personal information of hundreds of people!

• Link obtained from www.theolympian.com, posted on July 11, 2008 – http://www.theolympian.com/southsound/story/503917.html

A laptop computer that was reported stolen from an Army employee’s truck last week contained the personal information of about 800-900 Fort Lewis soldiers, military and police officials said.

An Army employee told Lacey police he left the laptop and a 500-gigabyte removable hard drive on the seat of his Dodge truck, which was parked unlocked in front of his house overnight July 3-4.