TSA Loses Hard Drive With Personal Info

May 5, 2007 By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer TSA Loses Hard Drive With Personal Info (AP)

Transportation Security Administration chief Kip Hawley is shown in this 2006 file photo. The TSA has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employees. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

(AP) -- The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employees.

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