Lost hard drive may contain personal data of 60k soldiers

The Corps of Engineers is investigating the recent loss of an external hard drive that could pose identify theft problems for as many as 60,000 soldiers and Army civilians.

Major Mark Young, a Corps of Engineers spokesman in Washington, said the security breach occurred in the command’s Southwestern Division, which is headquartered in Dallas, in early November.

“Right now the focus is on investigating [the incident], alerting people who may be affected, and taking measures to make sure it doesn’t happen again,” he said.

Information stored on the missing hard drive includes personal data, such as names and Social Security numbers, on a number of current and former soldiers and some civilian employees, according to information provided by the Southwest Division.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/11/army_breach_111309w/

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