Drive contained data for over 100,000 Homeland Security employees
AP
WASHINGTON - The Transportation Security Administration is trying to find a missing computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employee records.
Authorities realized Thursday the hard drive was missing from a controlled area at TSA headquarters.
"It is unclear at this stage whether the device is still within headquarters or was stolen," the agency said in a statement Friday.
TSA has asked the FBI and Secret Service to investigate, the statement said.
The hard drive contained information on employees who worked for the Homeland Security agency from January 2002 until August 2005.
TSA, a division of the Homeland Security Department, employs about 50,000 people and is responsible for security of the nation's transportation systems, including airports and train stations.
