Union: Hacker Broke Into FAA Computers

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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Via MSNBC.com (AP).

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Hackers broke into the Federal Aviation Administration's computer system
last week, accessing the names and national identification numbers of
45,000 employees and retirees, a union leader says.

Tom Waters, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees Local 3290, said FAA officials briefed union leaders Monday about
the security breach.

FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown confirmed the agency's computers were hacked
last week.

Waters said union leaders were told hackers gained access to two files. One
file had the names and Social Security numbers of 45,000 employees and
retirees on the FAA's rolls as of February 2006. Social Security is the
U.S. government-directed pension system, and in the absence of a national
identity card, other people's social security numbers can be used to steal
identities for illicit purposes.

Waters said the other file contained medical information that was
encrypted.

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More:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29108758/

- - ferg

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