1 TB of data on the Clinton Administration gone missing
The US National Archives have lost a hard drive containing no less than 1 terabyte (TB) of classified information from the Bill Clinton administration. The misplaced sensitive data also contained, according to the Register, personal information of White House staff and visitors. The drive was stored in an unsecured area of the National Archives, where hundreds of people, including authorized personnel, janitors, visitors, and employees passing through could have accessed it.
The lost critical data also included logs of events, social gatherings, and political records, as well as the social security number of a daughter of former Vice President Al Gore. A representative of the former Clinton administration has been notified and affected former White House staff will also be informed on the breach.
The time of the theft is estimated to sometime between October 2008 and March 2009. Added to the large number of individuals with potential access to the drive, this is going to be one long investigation!
May 28th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
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