US United States Secret Service Feb 2008 Technical Error (Q16352)
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A data breach risk event
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A data breach risk event |
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February 2008
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The Secret Service confirmed Friday that it lost two computer backup tapes in 2008 but said it knew of no fraud that had been committed using the information on them. The tapes were left on a Washington Metro subway train in February 2008 by a contract employee who was taking them to a storage facility, the agency said in a statement. It said that the tapes werent marked or identified in any way and that they couldnt be accessed without proper codes and equipment. The inspector generals office of the Department of Homeland Security, to which the Secret Service reports, was notified of the loss at the time, the agency said. Sources said the personally identifiable information or PII, in government-speak on the tapes includes combinations of the following: Social Security Numbers; home addr (English)
