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Two kids arrested for stealing VA laptop

Posted on Aug 6, 2006 by Tom Fragala

A couple of teenagers were arrested as the thieves that turned the country upside down. Apparently, they didn’t realize they had stolen a laptop with sensitive data on 26.5 million people. The Veterans Administration is breathing another sigh of relief. Let’s see if law enforcement can sweat these kids to spill all the details, including who they sold the laptop to. AP has the story.

Two teenagers were arrested Saturday in the theft of a laptop and hard drive containing sensitive data on as many as 26.5 million veterans and military personnel, authorities said.


Filed under: Data Breach, Identity Theft

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