Archives offers reward for missing Clinton hard drive
Data included tapes from the White House dating back to President Clinton's tenure in the 1990s
By Agencies |
WASHINGTON: The US National Archives offered a cash reward of up to 50,000 dollars Friday for the recovery of a missing computer hard drive containing sensitive personnel data from the Clinton administration.
Described by the archives as a "Western Digital MY BOOK external hard drive" with a 2-terabyte storage capacity, it contained copies of backup tapes from the White House dating back to president Bill Clinton's tenure in the 1990s.
The drive was discovered missing on March 24 from an archives processing room in College Park, Maryland.
The disappearance of the drive, which included social security numbers and other personal information of White House employees, is being investigated by the US Secret Service.
The archives said it had not yet determined whether the drive had been lost or stolen.
Described by the archives as a "Western Digital MY BOOK external hard drive" with a 2-terabyte storage capacity, it contained copies of backup tapes from the White House dating back to president Bill Clinton's tenure in the 1990s.
The drive was discovered missing on March 24 from an archives processing room in College Park, Maryland.
The disappearance of the drive, which included social security numbers and other personal information of White House employees, is being investigated by the US Secret Service.
The archives said it had not yet determined whether the drive had been lost or stolen.
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