Another laptop has been stolen, in this case jeopardizing personal information of some 1,000 airmen of the West Virginia Air National Guard, reports the Charleston (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. The Guard has notified members of the 130th Airlift Wing of the potential compromise of personal data, but a spokesman told the newspaper that USAF has “some of the most sophisticated encryption processes to safeguard information on government computers.”
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
