Forwarded From: Mask <netmaskat_private> http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9808/20/computer.theft.ap/index.html Stolen computer may contain Navy secrets August 20, 1998 Web posted at: 12:05 p.m. EDT (1605 GMT) NORFOLK, Virginia (AP) -- A laptop computer that may contain classified information was apparently stolen from the USS Ponce, Navy officials said Wednesday. No arrests have been made. Naval investigators are looking into whether the computer had classified material stored on it, said Cmdr. John Singley, a Navy spokesman. Officials said they do not know exactly when the theft occurred, though it likely happened around the weekend of August 8-9 while the ship was at the Norfolk Naval Base. The Ponce is between overseas deployments. Laptop computers typically are used for administrative and training purposes, but classified information is sometimes stored on them, Singley said. The Ponce is an amphibious transport dock that was commissioned in 1971. -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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