FBI Says Data on VA Laptop Not Accessed
(Associated Press) The government has recovered the stolen laptop computer and hard drive containing sensitive data for up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel, Veterans Affairs Secretary Jim Nicholson said Thursday.
Nicholson said law enforcement officials were still investigating to determine whether data from the equipment, which included names, birth dates and Social Security numbers, had been duplicated or utilized in any way.
The FBI, in a statement from its Baltimore field office, said a preliminary review of the equipment by its computer forensic teams “has determined that the data base remains intact and has not been accessed since it was stolen.”
Nicholson and the FBI offered no immediate details on how the laptop was recovered, but the VA secretary said no suspects were in custody.
So far, he said there have been no reports of identity theft stemming from the May 3 burglary at a VA employee’s Maryland home. Full Story
