Urine Samples Stolen

In some of the most disgusting news reported yet this holiday season, it has been announced that urine samples were stolen from the Logan office of the Bear River Health Department in Utah.

Why am I cover this story?  What does piss have to do with data security?  Maybe it’s just me, but it seems to me that this is something of a information security problem because you could take those samples and contaminate a crime scene.

In other words, it could be used to frame someone.  Or, it could be sold to someone who needs a clean urine sample (assuming these were clean ones, that is).

And it’s not just a case of swiping something, à la pie cooling on the window ledge.  No, siree…someone,

…broke the lock on a storage room and made off with all 17 of the 4-ounce, lidded cups containing the refrigerated samples used for corporate as well as court-ordered drug tests.

The thief or thieves seemed obsessed with the urine cache, ignoring expensive computer equipment and office supplies in the same room.

Man, this is going to piss someone off….

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