Security Breach Report for 2007-04-28
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Written by MCruz on April 27th, 2007 with no comments.
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Security Breach Report for 2007-02-12
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Johns Hopkins University revealed that personal information on about 135,000 employees and patients has gone missing. The information on the university payroll tapes included Social Security numbers and, in some cases, bank account information for present employees.
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Information for patients who may have been affect by the lost backup tape.
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Information for employees who may have been affected by the lost backup tapes.
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The Jefferson Township treasurer’s computer containing Social Security numbers of nearly 900 clients plus the township payroll system was stolen recently.
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East Carolina University on Friday began notifying about 65,000 current and former students and employees that personal data may have been accidentally exposed on a university Web site.
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Radford University is sending notification letters to parents encouraging them to place fraud alerts on their children’s credit reports. A virus was found on the computers places their information at risk to identity theft.
Written by MCruz on February 12th, 2007 with no comments.
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Security Breach Report for 2007-02-05
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A portable hard drive that may contain the personal information of up to 48,000 veterans may have been stolen.
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Arkansas is one of a dozen states that allow inmates access to Social Security numbers. But state prison officials say identity theft by an inmate is almost impossible.
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The New York Department of State yesterday froze portions of a Web site listing commercial records that identity thieves could have used to access the Social Security numbers of some New Yorkers - including billionaire mogul Donald Trump.
Written by MCruz on February 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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Security Breach Report for 2007-01-25
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The names and Social Security numbers of 3,031 newly licensed nurses were posted online twice in the past two months.
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Personal information about an unspecified number of current and former Prudential Financial employees was on a handful of laptop computers stolen from a consulting firm’s New York offices, Prudential told employees last week.
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Laughable new service. Don’t be fooled by entering your SSN or credit card number. Phishing anyone?
Written by MCruz on January 25th, 2007 with 3 comments.
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Security Breach Report for 2007-01-24
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Computer records containing medical claim information, health data, and Social Security numbers of 28,279 Nationwide insurance customers were stolen from the office of a vendor in Massachusetts, the company said Tuesday.
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Interesting article which discusses the possible solution to identity theft. Author suggests that financial institutions need to be liable for the cost of fraudulent transactions.
Written by MCruz on January 24th, 2007 with no comments.
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Security Report for 2007-01-19
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Thousands of KB Home customers are being warned of the risk of identity theft after one of the home builder’s computers was stolen from a Charleston sales office. 2,700 customers are affected.
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IRS computer tapes containing taxpayer information are missing after they were delivered to City Hall in Kansas City.
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Five laptops containing data of workers at United Technologies, Hamilton Sundstrand’s parent corporation, were stolen from the New York office of Towers Perrin, possibly by an employee. Towers Perrin is a financial management company that oversees UTC.
Written by MCruz on January 19th, 2007 with no comments.
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