Five spreadsheet files of data -- including names, birthdates and Social Security numbers of sailors and their relatives -- were found exposed on a Web site Thursday night during routine internal sweeps of the Internet for sensitive material, said Lt. Justin Cole, a spokesman for the Chief of Naval Personnel. He said the material was removed from the Web site within two hours.
Navy finds sailors' private info on Web / Latest in string of security gaps affects 28,000
Note what we have here is a sudden string of reports, not a sudden "string of security gaps."
Four other federal agencies and the District of Columbia government have reported similar problems since the beginning of May. [Emphasis mine.]
As far as I'm concerned - I'm just thinking here - before they collect any more data on me I wish they would find some geek who could tell them how to keep the freakin' stuff of the web.
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