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(update) Missing TSA computer drive not protected
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:43:49 +0000 (UTC)
http://www.star-telegram.com/464/story/170815.html The Transportation Security Administration did not follow White House instructions to protect sensitive information on a computer hard drive containing bank and payroll data for 100,000 employees that was discovered missing, the agency acknowledged to Congress. Authorities realized in May the storage device, an external hard drive, was missing from TSA headquarters. In a letter to Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., the agency said the drive contained historical payroll data, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, time and leave data, bank account and routing information, and details about financial allotments and deductions. [.] The lack of any encryption means any computer user who connects the drive to a laptop or desktop PC can view all the information without any special software tools. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 213 million compromised records in 720 incidents over 7 years.
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