NASA Is Still Trying To Figure Out This Whole IT Security Thing

Reader note: "Thought you might find this sadly amusing. I am NASA contractor. I just received notice today [29 Jan 2013] that my personal data was compromised in the Laptop theft from a NASA HQ employee on 10/31/12. The letter I received notes that NASA understands the 'seriousness' of this matter - so much so that it only took 3 months to notify me of this breach. Apparently the idiocy of their 'concern' is self-evident to all except the NASA bureaucracy."

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