US Nuclear Security Agency Lost 20 PCs

by Jordan Yerman | April 2, 2007 at 09:57 am

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No, it's not the plot of 24, but something I read this morning: The NNSA (National Nuclear Security Agency) can't find twenty of its computers; more than half of these machines were used to deal with sensitive info. You would be correct if you recall this sort of thing happening before.

Twenty desktop computers are missing from the US government department responsible for safeguarding technical secrets about nuclear weapons.

According to a recent audit by the Energy Department inspector general, 14 of the PCs were used to process classified information. The audit also found the department was using computers not listed in its inventory and one listed as "destroyed", the New York Times reports.

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The National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) has a dismal record for keeping track of its PCs. The audit is the 13th time in four years that the agency has failed a PC inventory audit. "Problems with the control and accountability of desktop and laptop computers have plagued the department for a number of years," the report notes.