The US State Department Lost 1,000 Laptops
May 30th, 2008 by Agent Smith DLP, Data Loss, Data Theft, IT security, endpoint security, security breach
A recent audit at the US State Department has revealed the loss of over 1,000 laptops. Although an official statement has not been made regarding the content of the missing laptops, some are believed to be storing classified information. According to Vnunet, the problem has been reported since February, but apparently has not received the necessary attention.
Around $30m worth of computing hardware is “unaccounted for”, the bulk of it laptops. These include over 400 from the Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program, some containing security material.
The situation has been compared to the loss of a laptop by the Veterans Administration in 2006 which held personal details on 23 million veterans.
