From the last post,  you already know about the security breach in the UK. But right here, back in the U.S. of A. we’ve got another security breach on our hands: one that’s been building like plaque for five years. And unfortunately, there’s no proverbial dentist in existence who can restore the data to its previous glory.

Over the five-year time period of 2002 to 2007, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives lost 418 laptop computers and 76 weapons, according to a news release posted by the Justice Department on Sept. 17, 2008.

In her related article for The Washington Post, Holly Watt noted that “two weapons were subsequently used to commit crimes.” Watt also determined that several of the missing firearms were haphazardly “left” in public places… one on an airplane, three in bathrooms, one in a shopping cart, and two on the top of cars.

It is hardly a stretch to call these practices ludicrous, and to demand change.

The fascinating part, however, is that officials aren’t even aware of what information was contained on the 418 stolen laptops. That’s government affairs, political folly, and who knows what else that is now available to any petty grocery store thief.

And with airport laptop theft at an all time high, certainly there should be cause for alarm for any government officials with lost or stolen laptops. Frankly, had even one of these laptops been equipped with security technology like that offered by MyLaptopGPS, these sensitive files could have been easily recovered and returned to the correct public officials.