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At Least 20 Big-Name Passports Breached
From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:12:05 -0400
At Least 20 Big-Name Passports Breached Last Edited: Wednesday, 26 Mar 2008, 6:47 PM EDT http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6140974&version=2&l ocale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.3.1 WASHINGTON -- State Department workers viewed passport applications containing personal information about high-profile Americans, including the late Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith, at least 20 times since January 2007, The Associated Press has learned. That total is far more than disclosed last week with the news that presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton, John McCain and Barack Obama had been victims of improper snooping. An internal department review has found the additional instances of department employees or contractors looking at computerized passport files of politicians and celebrities, according to preliminary results. It has not been determined if the new cases also involved improper peeking, officials familiar with the review said Wednesday. Smith's case, however, seems legitimate, the officials said. The review is not complete and the exact number of cases was not yet clear. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the review is going on at the same time as the department's internal watchdog investigates passport record security related to the breaches involving the White House candidates. Smith died in the Bahamas in February 2007. The review of her passport file appears to have come after a legitimate request from the U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas for information needed to complete her death certificate, the officials said. _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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