FBI Gets Back Veterans Data Laptop; Claims No One Accessed It
from the all-clear? dept
After all of the coverage concerning the laptop and hard drive stolen from a Veterans Affairs employee's home, the FBI is now claiming that it has recovered the system, and based on their checks, it appears that the data was never accessed. All along, many people figured this was the work of a random burglar who had no clue what was on the laptop -- and this recovery suggests that may have been correct. However, the FBI admits that no one is in custody, after an anonymous person they don't believe was involved turned in the machine. Of course, rather than taking the FBI's word for it, I'd imagine most people whose data is in the database would feel better with some credit monitoring.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Lets get real
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Oh There it is!
*waiting for the truth to come out*
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No mention of the CDs?
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I'd feel better with some credit monitoring though.
Anyway, how dare anyone question the truthfulness/accuracy of the FBI???? LMAO
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trade you for an eighth dude...
Or maybe bad guys took it and realized that Vets are all underpaid low wage earning Americans that have crappy credit. :(
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Re: trade you for an eighth dude...
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YEAH RIGHT
take drive out, put in any forensic tool (like the FBI is doing) and read away... no foot print.
therefore even if analysis shows it wasn't accessed it still might have been......
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Re: YEAH RIGHT
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Despite the FBI assertions this does not give me any warm fuzzies. I'm still waiting for that damn letter on how to activate credit monitoring.
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(hmm interesting thing)
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easy copying
That said, being one of those vets, I definately want the gov't to step up here and help us get free credit reports (one per month would be nice) to just be sure.
Of course, they could be right and it was just some stupid punk looking for drug money - but they don't know who he sold it to, do they...
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Simply call the three major reporting agencies, or write them. Explain you are a vet and your data may have been compromised and request a fraud alert be placed on your account. They all send you a report for review, and your account is essentially frozen for a period of time. You stop getting all those pesky credit card offers for that period also!
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From the start... How they help depends on who you are.
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Sounds like Robert Redford in the Sting, pulled a con on a mob numbers runner and then his partner gets wacked.
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emos
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y no se
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