NEW YORK, NY (August 5, 2008) - Verified Identity Pass, Inc. lero adatsimikizira kuti adapeza laputopu kuchokera ku ofesi yake ku San Francisco Airport kuti adanena kuti akusowa kwa akuluakulu ndi Transportation Security Administration. Kuphatikiza apo, Verified Identity Pass yatsimikiza kuchokera pakufufuza koyambirira kuti laputopuyo sinapezeke kuyambira pomwe idasowa muofesi mpaka nthawi yomwe idapezeka. Kufufuza kwina kwazamalamulo kukuchitidwa ndi akuluakulu azamalamulo.
"Tikupepesa chifukwa cha chisokonezochi, koma mosamala kwambiri, tidawona laputopu yosadziwika bwino ngati vuto lalikulu. Ndife okondwa kutsimikizira kuti kafukufuku woyamba akuwonetsa kuti palibe zomwe zasokonekera, "atero mkulu wa Verified Identity Pass Steven Brill. Verified Identity Pass idanenapo kale kuti inali mkati modziwitsa anthu 33,000 - omwe ambiri mwa iwo adalembetsa pa intaneti koma sanamalize kulembetsa kwawo payekhapayekha, kuphatikiza gawo laling'ono la mamembala omwe anali m'ndondomeko yoti abwereze- lembetsani chifukwa panali vuto kusonkhanitsa ma biometrics awo - kuti laputopu yomwe ili ndi gawo lochepa la zidziwitso zodziwikiratu zomwe amatumiza kuti ayambe kupempha idabedwa muofesi yotsekedwa pabwalo la ndege la San Francisco. Chidziwitso chimenecho tsopano chiphatikizira kupeza kuti laputopu yapezedwa ndikuti palibe amene anayesa kupeza chidziwitsocho, ngakhale kuti adachipeza.
Verified Identity Pass idalengezanso kuti ikuyimitsa kalembera kwakanthawi mpaka chidziwitsochi chitasindikizidwa kuti chitetezedwe. Ntchito zonse zamayendedwe apabwalo la ndege zapitilira monga mwanthawi zonse. Zomwe zili pa laputopu zinali zitatetezedwa kale ndi magawo awiri achitetezo achinsinsi. Verified Identity Pass, Inc. ili mkati momaliza kukonza pulogalamuyo - ndi zina zowonjezera zachitetezo cha laputopu - kuti isungire deta. Wotsimikizika tsopano akuyembekeza kuti kukonza kudzachitika m'masiku ochepa.
Zomwe zikufunsidwa pa laputopu zidaphatikizanso zambiri zamunthu wofunsira pa intaneti, koma sizinaphatikizepo zambiri zangongole, kuphatikiza manambala a kirediti kadi, ndipo sizinaphatikizepo nambala ya Social Security ya wopemphayo. Sizinaphatikizepo zidziwitso zilizonse za biometric, monga zithunzi zala zala za wopemphayo kapena zithunzi zobisika za iris, zomwe zimaperekedwa panthawi yachiwiri, yolembetsa mwa munthu payekha yomwe imachitika pa eyapoti.
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- Moreover, Verified Identity Pass has determined from a preliminary investigation that the laptop was not accessed from the time it went missing in the office until the time it was found.
- The data in question on the laptop included a limited amount of the online applicant’s personal information, but did not include any credit information, including credit card numbers, and it did not include the applicant’s Social Security number.
- That a laptop containing a limited portion of the personally identifiable information that they submit to begin an application was stolen from a locked office at the San Francisco Airport.
