[Dataloss] Data on Border Soldiers Stolen

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http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070309/APA/703092833

A computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers and other 
personal information on nearly 1,300 California National Guard troops 
deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border has apparently been stolen.

The hard drive was reported missing Feb. 23 from the Guard's border 
mission headquarters inside San Diego Naval Base, said California National 
Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Jon Siepmann. It contains home addresses, birth 
dates and other identifying information for all soldiers serving long-term 
assignments on the border.

The Guard notified the soldiers Feb. 28 that their information had been 
compromised. It advised them to begin checking credit statements and take 
other protective measures.

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