We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badges

The Port of Seattle just knocked on Seattlest's inbox with news that six computer disks that contain information on over six thousand airport workers are missing. First of all, who the hell still stores information on "computer disks?" Hopefully, that means "DVDs," but still. When are we going to hear the first report of a thumb drive containing critical homeland security data being stolen?

The disks were from the Airport I.D. Badging office, and had been scanned from paper I.D. forms. When it was discovered the disks were missing, the Port immediately conducted an investigation. As a precaution, the Port is sending letters to all individuals with names on the disks. No action is required by the individuals unless they are aware of any suspicious activity regarding their personal financial information; in that case, individuals should contact their financial and credit institutions.

Wow, scanned Airport I.D. badges. Ideally, that's something that you would keep track of.

2. Why did these CDs exist in the first place?

The CDs were made after scanning the badging request forms and saving the scanned data onto disks. Scanning the information allowed us to reduce the space needed for the hard copies and to access the badging request forms more quickly during inquiries and badge administration.