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May 7, 2007 10:57 AM PDT
TSA acknowledges potential data breach
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The U.S. Transportation Security Administration acknowledged on Thursday that an external hard drive containing data from approximately 100,000 archived employment records went missing from a controlled area at the agency's Office of Human Capital. While it is unclear whether the hard drive was stolen or if it is still on the premises, the matter is being treated as a criminal investigation and the TSA has enlisted both the FBI and the U.S. Secret Service for assistance. Additionally, the TSA has started to notify individuals who may have been affected, and is working on purchasing a year's worth of credit monitoring services for any current or former employees whose data was involved in the breach. An update to the TSA's page regarding the matter, at 8:30 a.m. Pacific time on Monday, stated that the investigation is ongoing.
The employee records, according to a release from the TSA, extend from January 2002 to August 2005 and contain potentially sensitive data including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, payroll information, and bank account data.
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emphasis in Personnel Management. Several years ago
"Personnel" became politically incorrect and was replaced by the
term "Human Resources." I did not agree with this change, but I
detest the new term "Human Capital."
I wonder if this new term is the result of the corporate takeover
of this great Democratic Republic. Corporations have no concern
for people. Their only concern is for the bottom line. How much
profit can we make today! To refer to the people who toil to see
that this profit is obtained as "capital" takes all human aspects
out of the equation and makes employees nothing but chattel.
If you disagree. I suggest you consult your dictionary where you
will find a definition for capital as, "wealth in the form of money
or other assets owned by a person or organization or available
or contributed for a particular purpose such as starting a
company or investing." To continue with the dictionary
definition, capital is defined as, "the excess of a company;s
assets over liabilities."
These definitions, among others, make "human capital" a
commodity that can be bought, sold, disposed of, or destroyed.
It is a term that we, as a civilized society must reject. We must
refer to our most valued asset, human beings, as people who
deserve to be treated as such and not as a commodity.
NOW the TSA is not even sure if the hard drive has left the building and they are already got the ball in motion for funding credit monitoring.