Follow-Up: TSA Removes Online Traveler Redress System
Ryan Singel writes on 27B Stroke 6:
The Transportation Security Agency has removed from its website an online system designed for travelers who have been told they are on a watchlist and inserted a statement that the agency takes information security seriously, following reporting by 27B (and others) that the site could put travelers at risk of identity theft and looked like online fraud.More here.
A link on the TSA's "Our Travelers" page earlier this week directed people who wanted to get help from the Traveler Identity Verification program to a page that looked like the TSA website but was actually a subdomain hosted by a web design company with a P.O. Box for an address (see previous link for screenshot). The site, which was full of misspellings and nonsensical directions, asked travelers to provide sensitive personal information via an unencrypted page.
posted by Fergie @ 2/16/2007 01:26:00 PM
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