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You have my thanks to all you Veterans.

2008-11-11 18:33:42 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
Enjoying your freedom? Thank a Vet clipped from www.military.com Veterans Day Thank you for your service to our country. We join the rest of the nation on Veterans Day in remembering the sacrifices of Americas 25 million veterans and expressing our appreciation for your service
 
Tags: veterans day, million veterans, service, nation, country, rest, military, sacrifices, americas
 
 
 
 
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Veterans' benefits applications slated for VA shredder

2008-10-18 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472ee0 in Network World on Security
 
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' undersecretary for benefits has ordered all VA regional offices to suspend document shredding activities after several original copies of veterans' applications for financial benefits were found among those slated for shredding
 
Tags: benefits, veterans, veterans affairs, financial benefits, regional offices, applications, original copies, suspend document, department
 
 
 
 
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Almost too sad to read

2008-05-26 17:22:58 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...Veterans burials nonstop at national cemeteries An average of 1,800 veterans die each day, and 10 percent of them are buried in the countrys 125 national cemeteries, which are expected to set a record with 107,000 interments, including dependents, this year. And more national cemeteries are being built Thirty-four veterans groups...
 
Tags: national cemeteries, american legion post, veterans burials nonstop, fellow veterans, white belts, shoulder cords, seventh thursday, veterans die, black coats
 
 
 
 
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Massive data loss by key U.K. government agency could affect millions of British citizens

2007-11-26 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...Veterans Administration breach, when a laptop containing information on 26.5 million veterans was stolen in 2006, have we seen a breach of sensitive data like the one that occurred in the United Kingdom last week. According to news reports, two disks containing the records of 7.25 million families and around 25 million people were lost by Her...
 
Tags: breach, veterans administration breach, national audit office, million families, million veterans, million people, sensitive data, news reports, customs agency
 
 
 
 
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Another VA hard drive lost

2007-02-06 22:50:18 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance
 
...veterans, the VA looses another laptop. Oh yeah and in the intervening months they developed processes and procedures to ensure that such data is encrypted; yet this report mentions that there were upwards of 20,000 unencrypted records Here are a couple links. No further commentary needed Portable Hard Drive Missing From Department of...
 
Tags: hard drive, portable hard drive, vet data, data, veterans affairs, veterans, couple links, laptop, report mentions
 
 
 
 
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The Breach Blog November Review

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2007-12-04 13:55:55 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Veterans Affairs (2), and the State of Massachusetts (2). Montana State University reported three breaches and Her Majestys Revenue and Customs (HMRC) reported two in November alone The breach reported by Her Majestys Revenue and Customs (HMRC) was by far the single largest breach offender in terms of the number of affected individuals. HMRC...
 
Tags: breach, breach report, popular breach type, breach blog month, breach blog, november, security breach, single breach, breach offender
 
 
 
 
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10,501 USAF members informed of missing laptop

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2008-01-01 00:15:46 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...veterans Number Affected 10,501 Types of Data Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and telephone numbers Breach Description A laptop containing sensitive personal information belonging to active-duty and retired members of the United States Air Force has been reported missing from the home of a USAF band member at...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, air force, air force base, laptop, personal information home, usaf band, air force officials, band
 
 
 
 
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Five data leak nightmares

2008-01-07 00:00:00 by HASH0x8471a98 in Network World on Security
 
When Home Depot lost a laptop containing personal information on 10,000 employees, it was just the latest in a string of high-profile data-leak incidents. The Veterans Administration, TJX, Monster.com, Fidelity National Information Services, Pfizer, AOL, Ameritrade the list goes on and on
 
Tags: home depot lost, high-profile data-leak incidents, veterans administration, personal information, laptop, aol, employees, ameritrade, pfizer
 
 
 
 
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Pentagon to Shoot Down Rogue Satellite

2008-02-14 19:15:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
Despite cautionary notes from space security veterans, the Pentagon is planning to shoot down a broken spy satellite expected to hit the Earth in early March
 
Tags: space security veterans, pentagon, spy satellite, cautionary notes, earth, march, hit
 
 
 
 
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Personal information of 103,000 doctors from 11 states posted to web site

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2008-03-03 09:19:48 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...veterans The states involved include Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky and West Virginia Director of Communications, Molly Tuttle, says the information was accidently posted to the website for about two months, and involved doctors who had filed a claim with the company between...
 
Tags: personal information, sensitive personal information, information, providers personal information, doctors, health net, health net employees, 103-thousand doctors, social security