[Dataloss] Data on 2.2M Active Troops Stolen From VA

[security curmudgeon]

: Fresh update on VA losses, higher number of active troops, (up to 80%) 
: included.
: 
: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060607/D8I32RVO1.html
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: WASHINGTON (AP) - Personal data on about 2.2 million active-duty 
: military, Guard and Reserve personnel - not just 50,000 as initially 
: believed - were among those stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee last 
: month, the government said Tuesday.

http://www.fcw.com/article94816-06-07-06-Web

By Bob Brewin
June 7, 2006 

The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) worked during the past weekend
to determine that a stolen Department of Veterans Affairs database,
which contained sensitive personnel information on 26.5 million
veterans, also contains information on as many as 1.1 million
active-duty personnel, a DOD spokesman said.


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So.. 26.5 million veterans, 1.1 million active? or is it 2.2 active? So 
many articles, so little concrete details..