Comments on: 100,000 TSA employees' personal data stolen

By: Wayne Flansburg

Wayne Flansburg — Tue, 15 May 2007 20:44:19 +0000

As a Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist, a consultant and director in my company…this kind of stupidity is normal in the world that I work in. Fortunately, the rest of us have a choice in protecting ourselves. I work with families and businesses in 42 states; I’m licensed as required and have background clearances to match my title. If I can help someone, please let me know.

By: Johan

Johan — Wed, 09 May 2007 11:50:26 +0000

I recently explained to TSA that they have more Disgruntled Former Employees than they have Current Employees, and many Current Employees are Disgruntled.Management has worked HARD to create this situation. In the DHS Satisfaction Survey last year, TSA was 36th out of 36 divisions within DHS. It takes SKILL to come in dead last. TSA is TRULY an example of the excrement rising to the top.

By: Concerned Employee

Concerned Employee — Wed, 09 May 2007 00:40:29 +0000

People at TSA are already getting placed on administrative leave and quitting and others are being threatened with being fired, whether they are really the cause or not. You know the air marshals who’s identity is supposed to be secret, they are on the data disk – home addresses and all. The head of the HR department should be fired!

By: Q

Mon, 07 May 2007 23:01:20 +0000

as always the government does it’s very best to inspire confidence and trust in it’s employees and citizens.

By: Michael Durnack

Michael Durnack — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:48:40 +0000

Icing on the cake to the President’s Identity Theft Task Force Report that outlined steps the gov’t wants to take to curtail identity theft.

They really need to stop adding to the problem, before trying to offer remedies and solutions.

By: Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton — Sun, 06 May 2007 21:55:33 +0000

Eh? What’s wrong with the comment system? And if you’re having problems with it, why did you post an obnoxious comment about it, instead of contacting me?

By: Timothy

Timothy — Sun, 06 May 2007 20:58:44 +0000

And, Michael still can’t implement the comment system properly…
Pretty sad, considering that he claims to be a WordPress consultant.

Sometimes security folks will have security lapses and sometimes webmasters will have website issues…

How about getting your own stuff together before you go yapping about other peoples failings!

By: Fixer

Fixer — Sun, 06 May 2007 17:25:56 +0000

As former a military member, my information was contained in the data the VA had stolen. As a former TSA member, my information is on the missing hard drive. I think there’s a lesson for me in there somewhere. At least I’ll be able to get my free credit report. “I’m thinking of a number…it’s 100,000.”

By: Richard Braakman

Richard Braakman — Sun, 06 May 2007 12:33:52 +0000

â€œWe will be in a posture of quickly looking for answers.â€

Not actually looking for answers, mind you. Just posturing.

By: K

Sun, 06 May 2007 07:56:50 +0000

It is about time they had to worry about something besides the amount of shaving cream you have or if your going to say bomb in the airport and throwing away all the stuff you need.
It is also about time they fall in the graces of there own false sense of security and realize it really isn’t there.