[Dataloss] CA/FL/???: Laptop With Personal Information Stolen At Airport

[Henry Brown]

Confirmation the theft PROBABLY occurred  at San Francisco International 
Airport

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/04/AR2008080402703.html
http://tinyurl.com/6dajvb

The Transportation Security Administration suspended Verified Identity 
Pass from enrolling travelers in its pre-screening program after a 
laptop computer containing the records of 33,000 people went missing.

The company, based in New York, lost possession of the laptop July 26 at 
San Francisco International Airport. The laptop contained unencrypted 
pre-enrollment records of individuals, the TSA said in a statement 
yesterday.

[...]

AND from the Orlando Sentinel
...
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/orl-clear0508aug05,0,4458701.story

The federal government on Monday barred a registered-traveler service 
launched three years ago at Orlando International Airport from enrolling 
new members after an unencrypted company laptop containing personal 
information for about 33,000 prospective customers was stolen from a 
locked office.

The Transportation Security Administration said it has instructed all 
airports that contract with Verified Identity Pass Inc. -- which 
operates the "Clear" program at OIA and nearly 20 other airports across 
the country -- to suspend enrollment in the service and to secure all 
unencrypted computers until encryption software is installed. The agency 
also instructed San Francisco International Airport, where the laptop 
was lost, to ensure that Verified Identity Pass immediately contacts 
everyone whose personal information was stored on the missing computer.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Dataloss] CA/FL/???: Laptop With Personal Information Stolen 
At    Airport
From: lyger <lyger at attrition.org>
To: dataloss at attrition.org
Date: 8/5/2008 9:43 AM
> (earlier, Henry Brown sent in a story about a missing laptop containing 
> personal information for about 33,000 at San Francisco International:)
>
> http://attrition.org/pipermail/dataloss/2008-August/002608.html
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