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Energy Dept. Discloses Data Theft (Associated Press, Saturday, June 10, 2006; Page A04) A hacker stole a file containing the names and Social Security numbers of 1,500 people working for the Energy Department's nuclear weapons agency.
But the incident last September, somewhat similar to recent problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs, was not reported to senior officials until two days ago, officials told a congressional hearing yesterday. None of the victims was notified, they said.
The data theft occurred in a computer system at a service center belonging to the National Nuclear Security Administration in Albuquerque, N.M. The file contained information about contract workers throughout the agency's nuclear weapons complex, a department spokesman said.
NNSA Administrator Linton F. Brooks told a House hearing that he learned of the security break late last September but did not inform Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman about it. It had occurred earlier that month.
Brooks blamed a misunderstanding for the failure to inform either Bodman or Deputy Energy Secretary Clay Sell about the security breach. The NNSA is a semiautonomous agency within the department, and Brooks said he assumed the DOE's counterintelligence office would have briefed the two senior officials.
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