[Dataloss] U.S. Dept. of Energy Reports Losing 1, 400 Laptops in Six Years

[B.K. DeLong]

Oh phew, no classified information. That's a nice misleading statement who
knows WHAT was on those machines.

On 5/25/07, security curmudgeon <jericho at attrition.org> wrote:
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> Courtesy Fergie <fergdawg at netzero.net>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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> Via GCN.com.
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> [snip]
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> The Energy Department notified Congress yesterday that it has lost 1,427
> laptop PCs over the past six years. The department said none of the
> laptops contained classified information.
>
> The figure represents approximately two percent of its current inventory
> of laptop computers, or approximately 71,874 units used either by agency
> personnel or contractors.
>
> The Energy Department statement broke down the missing laptops by year,
> with 144 reported missing for 2001, 248 in 2002, 256 in 2003, 258 in 2004,
> 223 in 2005 and 205 in 2006. Another 81 laptops were identified as
> missing, though the years those went missing were not disclosed. The
> agency revealed the information in response to a Freedom of Information
> Act request filed by WTOP, a Washington, D.C., news radio station.
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> [snip]
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> More:
> http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/44344-1.html
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