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PC stolen from Boeing packed with employees' personal data

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Seattle Times; By David Bowermaster, Dominic Gates and Melissa Allison
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From the Dept. of Duh:

Highly sensitive personal data on 161,000 current and former Boeing workers are missing after the theft of a company personal computer...."What's a guy doing with that amount of data on a laptop?"

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Comments (2)

...several senior managers covered their nude bodies with honey and lay down on anthills. Reportedly they were baffled by the immediate and painful response of thousands of ants biting the crap out of them. Said one "but I'm password-protected, I don't understand this."
Further: .... Managers were in awe of the effort and determination of the thieves in removing the massive 30 pound enclosure from the premises...

I remember that American Express had an almost identical theft a couple of weeks ago. A major government contractor with security clearance up the wazoo and a top banking /credit business. Neither of these companies can claim that they don't know what security is all about, or what it was that they failed to do. And what they forgot was the most basic of all rules; physical possession. Unbeliveable!

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