[Dataloss] [update] VA Missing Hard Drive in Birmingham, Ala.

[lyger]

which means all of you "research specialists" need to figure out if this 
was 48000, 535,000, 1.3 million, 583,000, 1.835 million, or 2.315 million 
affected!

anyone want to buy the Data Loss Database on Ebay?  Starting bid = $1 U.S. 
;)

On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Dissent wrote:

": " http://www.myfoxal.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2348926&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
": " 
": " The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Sunday issued an update on 
": " the information potentially contained on a missing government-owned, 
": " portable hard drive used by a VA employee at a Department facility in 
": " Birmingham, Ala.
": " 
": " [...]
": " 
": " VA and VA's Office of Inspector General have learned that data files 
": " the employee was working with may have included sensitive VA-related 
": " information on approximately 535,000 individuals. The investigation 
": " has also determined that information on approximately 1.3 million 
": " non-VA physicians ­ both living and deceased­ could have been stored 
": " on the missing hard drive. It is believed though, that most of the 
": " physician information is readily available to the public. Some of the 
": " files, however, may contain sensitive information.
": " 
": " VA continues to examine data on the employee's work computer. The 
": " employee has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome 
": " of the investigation. VA has no information the data has been 
": " misused. Birmingham Update 
": " 2/2/2/2