Last month, the data of over 1 million Ohio citizens was stolen, including names, social security numbers, and tax identification numbers. The Ohio state government originally estimated a loss of 64,000, the estimate was updated yesterday.

It all started when a 22-year-old intern took the data home as part of the state’s security procedures, in case the data was lost at the main location. No one knows if it was a laptop or some sort of storage device. The intern left the data in her car, then the data was stolen while the car was parked in her apartment complex over the weekend.

My question: why would they let an intern, or anyone for that matter, take that kind of data home with them? There are plenty of other ‘off-site storage’ options that actually are safer than leaving at an intern’s apartment complex parking lot all weekend.

Last month, the data of over 1 million Ohio citizens was stolen, including names, social security numbers, and tax identification numbers. The Ohio state government originally estimated a loss of 64,000, the estimate was updated yesterday.

It all started when a 22-year-old intern took the data home as part of the state’s security procedures, in case the data was lost at the main location. No one knows if it was a laptop or some sort of storage device. The intern left the data in her car, then the data was stolen while the car was parked in her apartment complex over the weekend.

My question: why would they let an intern, or anyone for that matter, take that kind of data home with them? There are plenty of other ‘off-site storage’ options that actually are safer than leaving at an intern’s apartment complex parking lot all weekend.