http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14648083 By Howard Pankratz The Denver Post 03/10/2010 A former employee of the Transportation Security Administration has been indicted by the Denver federal grand jury for attempting to sabotage TSA computers that enable TSA airport personnel to spot potential terrorists before they board airliners. Douglas James Duchak, 46, of Colorado Springs, worked for the TSA from August 2004 through October 2009. According to the indictment, Duchak sent a code or virus into computers at the TSA's Colorado Springs Operations Center in the attempt to disable the TSA computer system, which receives information from the government's Terrorist Screening Database and the U.S. Marshal's Service Warrant Information Network. The indictment said that the TSA computer system is critical in "vetting of individuals" who are attempting to gain access to "secure areas of the nation's transportation system." The indictment said that Duchak's duties included updating the databases with new information. He allegedly inserted a virus programmed to spread on a specific date to destroy the computer system. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Wed Mar 10 2010 - 22:21:20 PST
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