The Associated Press is reporting that the state of Arkansas has lost the results of 807,000 background checks conducted on state workers. The data from the background checks was saved to back up tape which was being stored at an off-site storage facility. And while the facility is claiming that foul play is not a factor, they cannot say where the tape is or when it vanished. Let’s hope they are right and that they are able to locate the tapes before someone with bad intentions discovers them and commits identity theft.
State: Background Check Data Missing
A computer storage tape with data from 12 years of criminal background checks in Arkansas is missing, though Department of Information Systems officials said Friday that there is no indication of a deliberate breach.
The department said a private off-site storage facility can’t find the tape, which has a record of criminal background checks run on 807,000 people over at least a dozen years.
The department says the storage company, Information Vaulting Services, said the tape’s disappearance does not appear to have been a malicious act.
