Fresh Security Breaches At Los Alamos

WrongSizeGlass writes "MSNBC is carrying Newsweek reporting on two new security breaches at Los Alamos. Both of these latest incidents were 'human error' on the part of employees. In one, an e-mail containing classified material was sent over the open Internet rather than through the secure defense network. In the other incident, an employee took his lab laptop on vacation to Ireland, where it was stolen out of his hotel room. The machine reportedly contained government documents of a sensitive nature."

Comments

An employee took his lab laptop on vacation

[niceone]

It is a real incitement of the current system that this can still happen in this day and age. After all, Mission Impossible had the whole problem of off-site IT equipment solved decades ago with simple self-destruct technology.

Text of the email

[Timesprout]

Hi Hon,

I'm going to be late home from the lab tonite so have dinner without me, we are just putting the finishing touches to the doomsday device so we can test it tomorrow.

Love you
xxxxxx

Re:Perceived status as an issue

[pedalman]

Well, not all security personnel can be swayed by someone's status. I know people who have worked airport security (prior to the TSA takeover, in fact) and you'd better believe that everyone was required to go through the screening,

Like the comedian said about these security checks:

"The good news is that you'll make your flight on time. The bad news is that you have an enlarged prostate gland."