SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- The company that runs the Clear system, which speeds customers through airport screenings, has been suspended by the T.S.A. after a security breach affecting some 33,000 customers.
Verified Identity System's Clear program allowed passengers to scan their smart cards at a kiosk for a speedier security screening. T.S.A. spokesperson Ann Davis tells KCBS an unencrypted computer storing the personal information on the cards went missing from SFO on July 26th.
Davis says VIP is a privately run company that the airport provides with background checks of enrolled customers. Now the company must suspend new enrollments, notify affected customers, and secures computers until they can install encryption.
Current Clear customers will still be able to use their cards while the breach is sorted out.
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KCBS' Holly Quan reports
