Re: Laptop stolen at SF Ca Airport with data of 33000travelers

["Max Hozven" <mhozven () tealeaf com>]

Food for thought:

If the thief had connected up a USB-drive, copied the data from the
laptop to his drive, and walked away, no one would have known.

If the machine was password protected, they could have booted it via a
Ghost/etc boot CD, then copied the data that way.

 

-Max

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From: dataloss-bounces () attrition org
[mailto:dataloss-bounces () attrition org] On Behalf Of Chris Walsh
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 9:53 AM
To: Henry Brown
Cc: dataloss () attrition org
Subject: Re: [Dataloss] Laptop stolen at SF Ca Airport with data of
33000travelers

 

Absolutely epic.

Sigh.

cw

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 4:36 AM, Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net> wrote:


For the past year, travelers at SFO have had the option to enroll in the
Clear Registered Traveler Program. Those who sign up get a biometric ID
card, which allows them to bypass regular security lines for $128 a
year.

[...]

 

        
        As for who stole the laptop in the first place, authorities are
still
        investigating. There were no apparent signs of a break-in.

 

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