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Former TSA workers' data exposed
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2006 03:03:37 -0400 (EDT)
Courtesy: "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson ---------- Forwarded message ---------- http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-06-tsa-identities_x.htm Former TSA workers' data exposed Posted 9/6/2006 1:10 AM ET By Thomas Frank, USA TODAY The Transportation Security Administration is warning 1,195 of its former employees that a contractor may have mailed their Social Security numbers and birth dates to the wrong addresses and left them open to identity fraud. The error, acknowledged in letters the TSA mailed in late August to each of the former employees, is the latest in a series of data breaches that may have exposed workers in both private and government jobs to identity thieves. "Making a mistake like this is abominable," said Beth Givens, director of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, an advocate for consumer privacy. "You've got an agency whose mission is security." The TSA is part of the Homeland Security Department. Its 55,000 employees primarily run airport security. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 143 million compromised records in 337 incidents over 6 years.
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