Stolen VA Laptop Recovered

lancejjj writes "Remember how the VA was pinning the theft of 26.5 million veterans' personal records on a hard working-but-renegade employee whose laptop was stolen? Surprise! It turns out that the employee had written permission to bring the sensitive data home. Fortunately, the laptop has been recovered. It is still unclear how the laptop was recovered, or if any of the veterans' personal data was leaked."

Comments

How it got recovered?

[88NoSoup4U88]

It is still unclear how the laptop was recovered

They probably just put up a blog. ;)

Oh it matters!

[jeffmeden]

Because one method involves Chuck Norris and immediate death for the thief. The other involves Charlie Sheen and about two hours of pouty looks and deadpan humor. We owe it to history to properly document this event!

Ethical Hacking Rule no.1

[Frightening]

Never, EVER steal a piece of hardware for info without returning it(after taking the info).

It will be interesting to see the public's reaction when 26.5 million SSN are posted tommorow on a blog.

Re:Data Wasn't Accessed

[pluther]

I think it unlikely that the VA depended on the "Last Accessed Date" when they made their claim that the data hadn't been stolen.

Given what we've seen so far in the case, it's more likely that they carefully scanned it, determined the data was still there, and therefore must not have been stolen.

Re:Nothing taken

[TubeSteak]

Do you really believe them when they say the data was not accessed?

FBI Analysis:
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FBI Analyst #1: Doesn't seem like anyone looked at the file.
FBI Analyst #2: I concur

FBI Official: We are pleased to announce that it does not seem that anyone accessed the records in question.