"Massachusetts man pleads guilty to selling and using TSA employees’ identities"
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"Massachusetts man pleads guilty to selling and using TSA employees’ identities"
Tripped over this one, this morning:
http://www.databreaches.net/?p=15912
Co-conspirator White’s customers included relatives and friends of state prison inmates who sought to open telephone accounts using the TSA identities in order to, among other things, circumvent prison telephone usage rules. Derring obtained the names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of employees who worked for TSA at Logan Airport from a relative who worked as a contractor at TSA’s department of human resources.
Humans always are the weakest link in data security...
http://www.databreaches.net/?p=15912
Co-conspirator White’s customers included relatives and friends of state prison inmates who sought to open telephone accounts using the TSA identities in order to, among other things, circumvent prison telephone usage rules. Derring obtained the names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of employees who worked for TSA at Logan Airport from a relative who worked as a contractor at TSA’s department of human resources.
Humans always are the weakest link in data security...
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Al Queda?
The appropriate response to this leak is a complete revetting of all the employees involved and reissuing all id's and photos with a biometric version, plus full screening with the NOS of all air-side BOS TSA workers for the next 3 years. Since this is a security breach, another agency like the FBI or Boston PD should do the screening. All the TSA workers should also get free credit monitoring for the next 3 years too. (The government can attempt cost recovery for this from the perpetrator)
The appropriate response to this leak is a complete revetting of all the employees involved and reissuing all id's and photos with a biometric version, plus full screening with the NOS of all air-side BOS TSA workers for the next 3 years. Since this is a security breach, another agency like the FBI or Boston PD should do the screening. All the TSA workers should also get free credit monitoring for the next 3 years too. (The government can attempt cost recovery for this from the perpetrator)
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Remember this as screeners demand your personal information at the checkpoint for opting-out or ending up in a "resolution" pat-down.
One more very good reasons why they should NOT collect personal information.
One more very good reasons why they should NOT collect personal information.
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Al Queda?
The appropriate response to this leak is a complete revetting of all the employees involved and reissuing all id's and photos with a biometric version, plus full screening with the NOS of all air-side BOS TSA workers for the next 3 years. Since this is a security breach, another agency like the FBI or Boston PD should do the screening. All the TSA workers should also get free credit monitoring for the next 3 years too. (The government can attempt cost recovery for this from the perpetrator)
The appropriate response to this leak is a complete revetting of all the employees involved and reissuing all id's and photos with a biometric version, plus full screening with the NOS of all air-side BOS TSA workers for the next 3 years. Since this is a security breach, another agency like the FBI or Boston PD should do the screening. All the TSA workers should also get free credit monitoring for the next 3 years too. (The government can attempt cost recovery for this from the perpetrator)
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Aren't there some employment sectors where the employee is required to pay for their own 'clearances' i.e. getting bonded? Teachers & Doctors have a requirement for continuing education that they foot the bill for too. But knowing the government, they'll just add another fee to the ticket.
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