The U.S. Transportation Security Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security, has spent more than a billion dollars on full-body scanners designed to strengthen airport security. It turns out that at least one model of scanner in use for four years — the Rapiscan Secure 1000 full-body scanner — easily could have been foiled by a savvy bad actor. In addition, it harbored software flaws that made it vulnerable to cyberattacks.
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Security Researchers Lay Bare TSA Body Scanner Flaws
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. August 22, 2014 12:06 PMThe U.S. Transportation Security Administration, part of the Department of Homeland Security, has spent more than a billion dollars on full-body scanners designed to strengthen airport security. It turns out that at least one model of scanner in use for four years — the Rapiscan Secure 1000 full-body scanner — easily could have been foiled by a savvy bad actor. In addition, it harbored software flaws that made it vulnerable to cyberattacks.