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Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:33 pm Reply and quote this post
Three or four FBI laptop computers are lost or stolen each month and the agency is unable to say in many instances whether information on the machines is sensitive or classified, the Justice Department's inspector general said Monday.

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The IG said the FBI is reducing the number of thefts and disappearances of weapons and laptop computers, but the bureau acknowledged in a statement that ``more needs to be done.''

The Boston field office reported a stolen laptop containing software for creating identification badges. The laboratory division at Quantico, Va., said that a stolen laptop contained names, addresses and phone numbers of FBI personnel. The New Orleans field office reported a stolen laptop that had been used to process surveillance-related electronic digital imaging.

``Perhaps most troubling, the FBI could not determine in many cases whether the lost or stolen laptop computers contained sensitive or classified information,'' said the Justice Department IG's stated. ``Such information may include case information, personal identifying information or classified information on FBI operations.''


http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6411356,00.html

Why don't they all have simple tracking devices as standard? Any other solutions we can think of?

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Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:33 am Reply and quote this post
solutions? hmmm... If you lose a laptop, you die.
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Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:14 pm Reply and quote this post
Yeah, I had to sigh over this one. I knew my government was pretty inefficient, but this just does to show it's probably far worse than anyone can imagine. At least the FBI building was nice when I toured it, they had a muesem setup in a couple rooms even just for the tours, and a very wells stocked gift shop...

A bit more info on this here: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6092

They at least know they lost the following info, amongst whatever else:

  • Software for creating identification badges
  • Information and software used to process surveillance digital imaging
  • Security plans for access control systems
  • Names, addresses and phone numbers of FBI personnel
  • Sensitive but unclassified data

Contributed by Kougar, iVirtua Participating Member
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