Received letter from VA about data theft. Read

[unhappycamper]

this thread for details.

[Monkeyman]

1. Dems tried to fight back

They have bill (H.R.5588) to the House but J.Dennis Hastert said no bill will be voted on unless it is Republican we have issues of our own""

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[Major Hogwash]

2. Supposedly they found the laptop that our info was stored on.

Do you believe them?

Do you trust Bush to keep our info secret?

[XForce]

4. No Way!

I don't trust Bush on anything... I mean NOTHING! Before Bush I had problems trusting those neocons for several decades now, but nothing is more worse than these current Bush Bandits.

[AbsoluteArmorer]

3. Ever get that feeling............ ?

(Quote):::::::::::: In accordance with current policy, the Internal Revenue Service has agreed to forward this letter Because we do not have current addresses for all affected indivuals. The IRS has not disclosed your address or any other tax information to us.::::::::::: (End Quote)

about just how many 'big brothers' and acquiring 'paying clients' there are with the ability to track us down no matter what? Thanks to another VA/Gov blunder, I'm afraid that we'll be learning more than we ever wanted to learn. Hmmm seems like AT&T used to promise it's customers confidentiality until last week as they now fully cooperate handing over customers information and call records to the Bush Administration without court orders. I'm sure we can trust the IRS to safeguard our info also. :sarcasm:

[XForce]

5. additional data theft

I just wanted to add this additional information about more VA data theft that occurred a few days after the VA's 'big one' in early May.


http://www.guerrillanews.com/headlines/9684/Veterans_Records_Tape_Missing_From_Indy_Office

Veterans Records Tape Missing From Indy Office
Sun, 02 Jul 2006

INDIANAPOLIS—A backup tape with more than 16,000 records from the Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Counsel Office in Indianapolis is missing.


The tape, missing since May 5, had records of 16,537 legal cases and 12,349 records containing personally identifiable information of individuals.

The records contain dates of birth, medical records and social security numbers for an unknown number of veterans.

The Indianapolis incident happened two days after a laptop containing the personal information of more than 26 million veterans was reported stolen.