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Florida Dept of Transportation loses laptop, 40K pilots' data
From: dano <dano () well com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:24:13 -0700
From the online publication of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (US), ePilot: AOPA ePilot Volume 8, Issue 33 August 18, 2006 AOPA MEMBERS OUTRAGED OVER LOSS OF PERSONAL INFO AOPA President Phil Boyer fired off a blistering letter to the Department of Transportation's inspector general after the loss of a government laptop computer exposed tens of thousands of Florida pilots to the risk of identity theft. The letter was a follow-up to Boyer's phone conversation with the inspector general last week right after AOPA learned about the incident. The laptop, stolen from a government agent's car, included the names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of some 40,000 pilots, all the information a thief needs to obtain fraudulent credit cards or loans. Boyer told Acting DOT Inspector General Todd Zinser that AOPA members were "outraged that such sensitive personal information would be left unsecured." Ironically, the FAA has stopped using Social Security numbers for new pilot certificate numbers, is allowing pilots to change their old certificate numbers, and has removed certificate numbers from its Web site. _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 142 million compromised records in 304 incidents over 6 years.
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