Los Alamos lab again missing computer disks with classified data

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Los Alamos halts operations; Classified
data disks lost at Sandia and Los Alamos

Los Alamos halts operations; Classified
data disks lost at Sandia and Los Alamos 07/17/2004 01:24 AM
Two breaking news items today that relate to security -- or a frightening lack thereof -- at US government-run nuclear labs Sandia and Los Alamos. First, an item from my Wired News colleague Noah Shachtman, on Defensetech blog:

Los Alamos National Laboratory director Pete Nanos shut down the country's leading nuclear weapons lab on Friday, after a set of classified computer disks disappeared, and a student was hit in the eye with a powerful laser beam -- all in the space of a week.

"As of today, Director Nanos has suspended all Operations at the Laboratory," an internal e-mail obtained by Wired News read. "This is a very serious step."

"This willful flouting of the rules must stop, and I don't care how many people I have to fire to make it stop. If you think the rules are silly, if you think compliance is a joke, please resign now and save me the trouble," Nanos added in a separate e-mail to Los Alamos employees.

And separately today, this press release was issued by Sandia National Laboratories:

Sandia National Laboratories has located a floppy disk that had turned up missing in a recent inventory. The floppy disk, which had been marked classified, was found about 1 p.m. today (Friday). Sandia had reported the disk as missing June 30 in a wall-to-wall inventory. (...)

Sandia Corporation President and Laboratories Director C. Paul Robinson said: "We are relieved the disk has been found. But in my mind, the nature of the near miss of this recent incident is far too close for comfort. We must find better ways and procedures for ensuring the protection of such material."

Link to Los Alamos shutdown post on Defensetech blog, and related Wired News story here. Sandia National Laboratories press release: Link. Sandia was also hit earlier this month with a $3.1 million state fine for breaking environmental laws: Lin k.

Computer disks at Los Alamos missing

Computer disks at Los Alamos missing 12/10/2003 12:02 AM
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Dec 9 2003 10:52PM ET

Computer Disks at Los Alamos Missing

Computer Disks at Los Alamos Missing 12/10/2003 01:13 AM
AP via Newsday Dec 10 2003 0:37AM ET

Four more suspended at Los Alamos lab in
probe of missing computer disks

Four more suspended at Los Alamos lab in
probe of missing computer disks 08/04/2004 08:48 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Aug 5 2004 0:47AM GMT

Four more on paid leave at Los Alamos
lab in probe of missing computer disks

Four more on paid leave at Los Alamos
lab in probe of missing computer disks 08/04/2004 09:56 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Aug 5 2004 1:44AM GMT

Los Alamos Halts All of Its Classified
Research After Data Vanishes

Los Alamos Halts All of Its Classified
Research After Data Vanishes 07/16/2004 02:58 AM
The loss of two removable data storage devices was discovered July 7 during preparations to run an experiment in the laboratory's weapons physics division.

Computer disks lost; 3rd incident at Los
Alamos lab

Computer disks lost; 3rd incident at Los
Alamos lab 07/10/2004 04:54 AM
Seattle Times Jul 10 2004 9:39AM GMT

Inventory fails to find 10 computer
disks at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Inventory fails to find 10 computer
disks at Los Alamos National Laboratory 12/09/2003 10:57 PM
AP via New Jersey Online Dec 9 2003 10:26PM ET

Missing Top Secret Disks Actually Just A
Computer Bug

Missing Top Secret Disks Actually Just A
Computer Bug 08/11/2004 05:09 AM
Remember those well publicized "missing" top secret hard drives from Los Alamos? The same missing drives that had the FBI threatening to arrest a novelty store owner? Turns out they might not have been missing after all. In fact, the entire mess is being chalked up to a computer glitch in their inventory system that declared a "false positive" suggesting the drivers were missing when they weren't. You would think, given the seriousness of such a situation that any inventory system would have some sort of immediate manual method for checking on the actual drives the second the system sounds the "uh oh, something's missing" alarm. Apparently not. Of course, this brings up the second question. If the drives have really been safely at home this whole time, why didn't anyone bother to check there in the first place?

FBI finishes probe into missing lab
computer disks

FBI finishes probe into missing lab
computer disks 01/06/2005 02:43 PM
AP via San Francisco Chronicle Jan 6 2005 6:46PM GMT

'Exemplary' soldier steals computer
containing classified data

'Exemplary' soldier steals computer
containing classified data 07/29/2004 06:43 AM
Maariv International Jul 29 2004 10:59AM GMT

More Disks Lost at Los Alamos

More Disks Lost at Los Alamos 07/15/2004 04:58 AM
Los Alamos National Laboratory, America's leading nuclear lab, lost track of four disks possibly containing sensitive information. Two turned up, but the others remain missing. It's the third such incident in less than a year. By Noah Shachtman.

More Disks Lost at Los Alamos, Again!

More Disks Lost at Los Alamos, Again! 07/16/2004 01:19 PM

US: 'Missing' Los Alamos Disks Never
Existed

US: 'Missing' Los Alamos Disks Never
Existed 02/01/2005 09:51 PM
Sci-Tech Today Feb 2 2005 1:43AM GMT

Energy czar stops classified work using
disks, other removable media

Energy czar stops classified work using
disks, other removable media 07/26/2004 05:31 PM
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham stopped all DOE work using controlled removable electronic media after officials at the Los Alamos National Lab discovered that two computer disks containing classified information were missing.

Los Alamos and the missing discs that
never were

Los Alamos and the missing discs that
never were 08/12/2004 01:15 PM
Headless chickens chase phantom secrets

Los Alamos Lab Loses More Data

Los Alamos Lab Loses More Data 05/21/2004 05:35 PM

Lawmaker Doubts Los Alamos Data Was
Stolen

Lawmaker Doubts Los Alamos Data Was
Stolen 07/21/2004 02:44 AM
A congressman who visited the laboratory this week to examine security lapses said that two missing computer disks containing classified information had probably been misplaced.

Wired News: Los Alamos Lab Loses More
Data

Wired News: Los Alamos Lab Loses More
Data 05/23/2004 09:20 PM
Los Alamos Lab Loses More Data .. Wired News story

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LANL, Sandia Report Losing Classified
Data

LANL, Sandia Report Losing Classified
Data 07/17/2004 02:36 PM

Los Alamos Stops Work in Crisis Over
Lost Data

Los Alamos Stops Work in Crisis Over
Lost Data 07/17/2004 02:56 AM
Los Alamos National Laboratory shut down all research activities in the wake of the disappearance of two computer storage devices containing important classified data.

Study: Lots Of Private Data Found On
Used Hard Disks

Study: Lots Of Private Data Found On
Used Hard Disks 04/19/2004 05:50 PM

Energy Dept. Halts Use of Computer Disks

Energy Dept. Halts Use of Computer Disks 07/23/2004 07:47 PM
AP via Guardian Unlimited Jul 24 2004 0:07AM GMT

Computer disks show possible terrorist
targets

Computer disks show possible terrorist
targets 08/09/2004 09:24 AM
Sydney Morning Herald Aug 9 2004 2:01PM GMT

Energy Dept. Halts Use of Computer Disks
(AP)

Energy Dept. Halts Use of Computer Disks
(AP) 07/23/2004 07:52 PM
AP - WASHINGTON — The Energy Department, responding to a security scandal at the Los Alamos weapons lab, ordered a halt Friday to classified work at as many as two dozen facilities that use removable computer disks like those missing at the New Mexico lab.

Work with removable computer disks
resumes at Sandia National Laboratories
in New Mexico

Work with removable computer disks
resumes at Sandia National Laboratories
in New Mexico 09/02/2004 12:40 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Sep 2 2004 4:13AM GMT

Work with removable computer disks
resumes at Sandia National Laboratory in
New Mexico

Work with removable computer disks
resumes at Sandia National Laboratory in
New Mexico 09/02/2004 12:40 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Sep 2 2004 4:13AM GMT

Police remove hard disks but don't
disrupt computer servers in Yukos
search, spokesman says

Police remove hard disks but don't
disrupt computer servers in Yukos
search, spokesman says 07/04/2004 03:31 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Jul 4 2004 6:23PM GMT

Nuclear Data Found Missing From New
Mexico (AP)

Nuclear Data Found Missing From New
Mexico (AP) 08/19/2004 07:19 PM
AP - An inventory has found another case of missing data involving nuclear weapons, this time at the Energy Department's regional office in Albuquerque, N.M., the department disclosed Thursday.

Orange's 3G Data Cards Are Missing a
Video Trick

Orange's 3G Data Cards Are Missing a
Video Trick 07/20/2004 06:32 AM
3G Jul 20 2004 9:38AM GMT

Xfm Computer Missing - Reward Offered

Xfm Computer Missing - Reward Offered 08/09/2004 03:02 PM
xfm Aug 9 2004 6:53PM GMT

Orange's 3G Data Cards are missing a
video trick, says Dilithium Networks

Orange's 3G Data Cards are missing a
video trick, says Dilithium Networks 07/20/2004 11:06 AM
ECTA Portal Jul 20 2004 2:04PM GMT

"Over the past few years, vital data has
been deleted, buried, distorted, or has
otherwise gone missing from government
websites and publications"

"Over the past few years, vital data has
been deleted, buried, distorted, or has
otherwise gone missing from government
websites and publications" 04/29/2004 09:52 PM

Back Up Your Sensitive Computer Data

Back Up Your Sensitive Computer Data 12/19/2004 03:31 PM
TK8 Productions has released TK8 Backup v. 3.0, an easy-to-use Windows application that takes the pain and mystery out of backing up your files. New computer users can immediately back up their system files, Outlook and Outlook Express data, and other important information. Power users can tailor and customize their backup operations, ensuring that their data is safe, secure, and ready to be restored should an emergency occur. [PRWEB Dec 16, 2004]

Stolen computer holds data on 100,000
people

Stolen computer holds data on 100,000
people 03/29/2005 04:30 AM
Boston Globe Mar 29 2005 8:50AM GMT

Computer glitches lost voting data

Computer glitches lost voting data 07/28/2004 02:36 AM
Miami Herald Jul 28 2004 7:30AM GMT

Computer Associates Streamlines Data
Management

Computer Associates Streamlines Data
Management 03/14/2003 01:28 AM
Years spent on the acquisition trail have netted Computer Associates a broad assortment of data-management technologies, which it is now beginning to integrate with a new version of its core CleverPath portal software.

New computer viruses seeking financial
data

New computer viruses seeking financial
data 04/09/2005 02:55 PM
Joon Ang Ilbo Apr 9 2005 6:48PM GMT

Data Protection Act kept Huntley off
police computer

Data Protection Act kept Huntley off
police computer 12/17/2003 01:17 PM
Ananova Dec 17 2003 12:41PM ET
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