(Pentagon Contractor) SAIC may have compromised military personnel data

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Is it a prerequisite for contractors to be as inept as this admin? This isn't the first time for SAIC.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-20-saic-security_N.htm?csp=34

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon contractor SAIC Inc. may have compromised personal information about more than half a million military personnel and their relatives because it did not encrypt data transmitted online.

SAIC said Friday it has not found any evidence that the information — names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers and health information — was accessed by unauthorized people.

"But we can't rule that possibility out," said Melissa Koskovich, a spokeswoman for SAIC.

SAIC provides technical services for a health benefits program used by active military personnel, retirees and their families.

This is not SAIC's first cyber-security problem.

In January 2005, thieves broke into a facility and stole computers containing names, Social Security numbers and other information about past and current employees, according to non-profit consumer organization Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.

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