TSA Web Site Hacked and Hijacked. Of Course It Was.

By
Omri Ceren
– February 16, 2007Posted in: Airline Security

Here’s a little brainteaser: what – exactly – would have to happen at this point for you to have less faith in TSA? A frustrating and incoherent combination of random checks and useless instructions that accomplish nothing so much as allowing creeps to feel up Midwestern cheerleaders? Check. Totally useless redundancy that makes everything more inconvenient and everyone less safe? a href=”http://www.mererhetoric.com/archives/11272175.html”>Check. A no fly list that any 10 year old can circumvent and a weapons screening process that fails 10 out of 11 times? Most definitely check.

And now – TSA’s servers have been badly hacked and compromised. Excellent job guarding our security, guys:

Has the Transportation Security Administration’s website been hacked? All indications are yes, and that a malicious phishing attack has been launched against travelers who have or think they have been delayed because they are on a watchlist or have a name similar to a person on the watchlist. A new link on the TSA’s Our Travelers page directs people who “were told you are on a Federal Government Watch List” to click on a link taking them to this site, which, by all accounts, fits the profile of an attempt to harvest personal information and identity document details.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but many of the people in charge of protecting us are really bad at their jobs.

References:
* Are These Union Jobs? [MR]
* Mere Rhetoric: Airport Security in This Country is a Bad Joke [MR]
* Mere Rhetoric: Q: Could Airport Security Suck Worse? [MR]
* Homeland Security Website Hacked by Phishers? 15 Signs Say Yes [Wired]

Previously:
* Public Security In Los Angeles Sucks Disgracefully
* Pelosi To Take Stance On The Side Of Airline Imams?
* Northwest Airlines Caves To CAIR Boycott Threat And Apologizes, MR Caves To Our Worst Instincts And Publishes Conspiracy Theory Bait

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