Right on the heels of the infamous data loss at the Veterans Affairs agency comes the disclosure that the Department of Energy has been hacked, with the thief taking the social security numbers and names of 1,500 working for the agency's nuclear division. The big difference though is that the agency didn't tell anyone, including the victims, about the data theft that occurred last September. The incident only came to light during a House committee oversight meeting about DOE cyber security. The failure to alert agency officials and the decision not to notify those impacted by the theft is being tagged to a "misunderstanding" by DOE leaders.

For more on the latest Fed security gaffe:
- read this article at Mercury News