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Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners
From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:36:16 +0100 (BST)
How is this different from testing an AV product by using simulated viruses? On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Paul Ferguson wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via USA Today. [snip] Security screeners at two of the nation's busiest airports failed to find fake bombs hidden on undercover agents posing as passengers in more than 60% of tests last year, according to a classified report obtained by USA TODAY. Screeners at Los Angeles International Airport missed about 75% of simulated explosives and bomb parts that Transportation Security Administration testers hid under their clothes or in carry-on bags at checkpoints, the TSA report shows. At Chicago O'Hare International Airport, screeners missed about 60% of hidden bomb materials that were packed in everyday carry-ons including toiletry kits, briefcases and CD players. San Francisco International Airport screeners, who work for a private company instead of the TSA, missed about 20% of the bombs, the report shows. The TSA ran about 70 tests at Los Angeles, 75 at Chicago and 145 at San Francisco. The report looks only at those three airports, using them as case studies to understand how well the rest of the U.S. screening system is working to stop terrorists from carrying bombs through checkpoints. The failure rates at Los Angeles and Chicago stunned security experts. [snip] More: http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20071018/1a_lede18_dom.art.htm - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFHF6fUq1pz9mNUZTMRAmaVAKCgY7CYC485ja14M/JoqsQ/AZNGXgCguYcI Og9d+uhSJifZOzowZwsoqSo= =PCPZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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Current thread:
- Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Paul Ferguson (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Drsolly (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Drsolly (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Florian Weimer (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Dragos Ruiu (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 18)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Paul Ferguson (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Brian Loe (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Brian Loe (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Blue Boar (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Drsolly (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Brian Loe (Oct 18)
- Re: Security Theater: Most Fake Bombs Missed by Screeners Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 18)