Data Insecurity at the GAO?

Regular readers of this space will already be aware that I am, in general, a big fan of the GAO, the former General Accounting Office, recently given the un-sexy new backronym Government Accountability Office. Normally it is the GAO that lays down the law on government waste, fraud or incompentence, but this week it was their turn to take the credibility hit. Apparently the agency has inadvertently exposed personal information for some 1,000 people via its website, GAO.gov. The personal details were included on 1970s-era defense department travel vouchers. While there has been no indication that data (which included the identity theft rosetta stone, social security numbers) has been misused, the GAO has made a point of removing it from their website.

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-- MDT