[Infowarrior] - "Clear" Air-Travel Pass Data Stolen From SFO

[Richard Forno]

Brilliant.    --rf


* Aug 5, 2008 10:40 am US/Pacific

http://cbs5.com/local/tsa.security.clear.2.788083.html

Security Breached At SFO Due To Stolen Laptop

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5 / KCBS) ― The Transportation Security  
Administration says a laptop containing the sensitive personal  
information of 33,000 applicants to an airport security prescreening  
program has gone missing.

T.S.A. spokesperson Ann Davis told CBS an unencrypted computer storing  
the personal information on the cards went missing from SFO on July  
26th, but the agency was not notified until Sunday.

The TSA has suspended new enrollments in the program, known as Clear,  
which allows passengers to pay to use special "fast lanes" at airport  
security checkpoints.

The laptop belonged to a privately run company known as Verified  
Identity Pass Inc., which operates the program at 17 airports  
nationwide.

An agency spokesman says the company must notify all affected  
applicants and show it has installed encryption on all its computers  
before it can restart enrollments.

Current Clear customers will still be able to use their cards while  
the breach is sorted out.

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