U.S. Marine base probes missing laptop
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A laptop computer loaded with personal information on 2,400 residents of the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base has been lost, authorities said Friday.
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Satellite imaging program allows computer users to join search for missing aviator Steve Fossett.
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The government said Thursday it had recovered a Veterans Affairs Department subcontractor's lost desktop computer containing personal data for 16,000 veterans.
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Ten years supply of applicants swiped from car Personal details of the 600,000 people who have applied to join the armed forces over the last ten years were stolen with an MoD laptop earlier this month, it was admitted late on Friday. The computer was stolen from the car of a junior naval officer, which was parked outside his house overnight in Edgbaston, Birmingham.â¦
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Two teenagers were arrested Saturday in the theft of a laptop and hard drive containing sensitive data on up to 26.5 million veterans and military personnel, authorities said.
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There's a mystery at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention involving the disappearance of more than $22 million in equipment.  The missing items range from new Dell and Compaq computers to scientific equipment.
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U.S. troops have recovered belongings of a U.S. Marine who was once feared beheaded by Iraqi insurgents after disappearing from his unit, U.S. officials said.
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WASHINGTON - The government said Thursday it had recovered a Veterans Affairs Department subcontractor's lost desktop computer containing personal data for 16,000 veterans.
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The personal details of 600,000 people have been lost after a laptop was stolen from Royal Navy officer
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A laptop containing data on 106,000 Connecticut taxpayers is missing, prompting that state's governor to order IT officials to implement new controls for protecting data by Sept. 7.
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The FBI lost 160 laptop computers in less than four years, including at least 10 that contained highly sensitive classified information and one that held "personal identifying information on FBI personnel," according to a new report released today.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether cancer-causing radioactive material was buried in the 1980s near a rifle range at Camp Lejeune, the Marine Corps' primary base on the Atlantic Ocean.
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By Michael Wamble Daily Herald Staff Writer  School officials are updating security procedures after 24 laptop computers were stolen from a Lombard middle school.
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The way federal agents search digital devices, such as laptops and BlackBerries, has come under scrutiny in a new lawsuit. "Our position is there should be some suspicion of wrongdoing before the government can search," an attorney says. The government stands by its searches.
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Police are searching for a missing Marine who could give birth at any time. Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, 20, has been absent from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, since December 14. Lauterbach's mom said the Marine was to testify about an incident she had witnessed at the camp, sheriff's officials said. There is evidence that raises concern about the disappearance, the department told CNN affiliate WITN.
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(InfoWorld) - A government audit of four U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) centers found $6.4 million worth of missing or misplaced IT equipment, according to a report released Tuesday. Inventories in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 found about 2,400 missing IT devices at the four VA locations, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said. Among the missing items were dozens of computers that could have stored personal information. The GAO also found computer hard drives being disposed containing the names, Social Security numbers, or medical histories of hundreds of U.S. military veterans. About 28 percent of the IT equipment at the VA medical center in Washington, D.C., was missing or misplaced, the GAO said. The missing equipment in the new GAO report is in addition to an earlier audit showing more than 8,600 missing IT items, with a combined original cost of $13.2 million, from five other VA centers, the GAO said. There is an "overall lack of accountability" for IT equipment at the VA locations, said McCoy Williams, director of financial management and assurance at GAO. The GAO found a "pervasive" lack of personal accountability at all four locations, he told the U.S. House of Representatives Veterans Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. "Missing IT items were not reported for several months and, in some cases, for several years," Williams told the subcommittee. In some cases, hard drives scheduled to be disposed of sat around for several years without being wiped clean, "creating an unnecessary risk that sensitive personal and medical information could be compromised," Williams added. The VA's IT practices have been the target of frequent criticism by U.S. lawmakers in recent years. The agency, in May 2006, reported that a laptop and hard drive containing the personal records of 26.5 million military veterans and family members was stolen from an employee's home. Police later recovered the equipment, and the VA said the records did not appear to be compromised. Subcommittee members called on the VA to improve its inventory management. "We know that VA has serious problems keeping track of its IT inventory," said Rep. Harry Mitchell, subcommittee chairman and Arizona Democrat. "This is not just a dollar issue. It is also a security and privacy issue." The VA is implementing new IT equipment management procedures and, after a three-month process, has found about 90 percent of the missing equipment, said Robert Howard, the VA's assistant secretary for information and technology. "The lack of accountability was clearly evident," said Howard, who became the agency's CIO in September 2006. "You shouldn't have to go through that to find your equipment." The VA has issued a new equipment handbook, and employees now have to sign for equipment in their control, Howard said. The VA has concurred on all 12 GAO recommendations for inventory management, VA officials said. The VA is also deploying network monitoring software that can scan for devices, Howard said. "This is a critically important issue," Howard said. "This is a situation of utmost importance. It is a situation we are working hard to remedy."
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By Bob Cox, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 10--The fleet of 54 V-22 Osprey aircraft used by the Marines and Air Force was grounded this week after a faulty computer chip was discovered in flight-control computers.