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    Default Sensitive data missing from National Archives

    The National Archives lost a computer hard drive containing massive amounts of sensitive data from the Clinton administration, including Social Security numbers, addresses, and Secret Service and White House operating procedures, congressional officials said Tuesday.

    One of former Vice President Al Gore's three daughters is among those whose Social Security numbers were on the drive, but it was not clear which one. Other information includes logs of events, social gatherings and political records.

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    The drive is missing from the Archives facility in College Park, Md., a Washington suburb. The drive was lost between October 2008 and March 2009 and contained 1 terabyte of data — enough material to fill millions of books.
    Just how secure is the National Archives?! Isn't it open to the public? Why was it stored there, and not somewhere more secure?

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    Tip of the iceberg, probably!

    We in the UK aren't exactly careful with our sensitive data either. Google "UK data losses".
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    In further news, the hard drive appears to have been stolen by Nicolas Cage and Justin Bartha, who believe it contains some sort of treasure map.
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    Let's hope it's not got Bill Clinton's home movie collection in amongst the data.
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    Are they letting Sandy Berger back in the Archives?

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