Security Report for January 17, 2007

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• Municipal Water District Customer Data Stolen

  The credit-card numbers of about 500 customers in the Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District were stolen yesterday in an early-morning break-in, officials said.

• Fitchburg Savings Bank issues replacement cards after warning from Visa USA

  About 1,300 debit-ATM cards issued by Fitchburg Savings Bank were deactivated yesterday after the bank was told by Visa USA that a “large-scale data compromise� may have included its check cards.

• Sensitive personal data found in trash behind mortgage broker’s building.
  

  A nosy neighbor looking for illegal trash spotted 40 boxes in a Dumpster on Decatur Boulevard - a closer look revealed financial paperwork that could have been an “identity theft buffet.”

Written by MCruz on January 18th, 2007 with no comments.
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Security Breach Week Roundup - 11/03/06

This week’s top stories:

• Fort Monroe laptop stolen; student data at risk
  

  A database on the computer, which had information about applicants for the Army’s four-year ROTC scholarship, included Social Security numbers, birth dates, home addresses, phone numbers, parents’ names and mothers’ maiden names.

• Laptop with student data is stolen
  

  A laptop computer stolen from an insurance brokerage firm contained the names, birth dates and driver’s license numbers of more than 1,200 Villanova University students and staff members, the school said Thursday.

• Missing Manhattan health center computer contains veterans’ data
  

  A computer with 1,600 military veterans’ sensitive data, including Social Security numbers and possible medical diagnoses, has been stolen from a health care facility.

  The computer, used to store the results from a pulmonary testing device, was reported stolen on Sept. 6 from the Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Healthcare System in Manhattan. The U.S. inspector general’s office was investigating.

• Ballard Hospital hit by data theft, check records
  

  Over a thousand recent patients at Swedish Medical Center’s Ballard Campus are being advised to check their credit reports after the personal information of three people was stolen from the hospital.

  According to Swedish Medical Center, the three patients may have been the victims of identity theft by a former employee who stole their names, birth dates and Social Security numbers from hospital files.

• Nurse’s stolen laptop held patient data
  

  The theft of an Allina nurse’s laptop three weeks ago has not yet resulted in any cases of identity fraud, according to a health system spokesman.

  Allina sent written warnings in mid- to late October after learning a laptop was stolen Oct. 8 from a nurse’s locked car. The laptop contained personal information for 33,000 people, including Social Security numbers for 17,000 people.

• Data-rich computer stolen from Fort Monroe
  
  

  A laptop containing personal information about 4,600 high school seniors from across the country was stolen last week from the U.S. Army Cadet Command’s headquarters at Fort Monroe, a spokesman confirmed Tuesday.

• Radio co. employees’ personal data stolen
  

  The radio broadcasting company has sent out letters warning that a laptop holding Social Security numbers of current and former staffers was stolen out of Greater Media’s Philadelphia offices, sources who have received the letter said.

• Stolen laptop had personal data on 1,200 college students and staff
  

  A laptop computer stolen from an insurance brokerage firm contained the names, birth dates and driver’s license numbers of more than 1,200 Villanova University students and staff members, the school said Thursday.

Thanks to Patricia for sending me most of these links!

Written by MCruz on November 2nd, 2006 with no comments.
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Security Breach Week Roundup - 10/13/06

It’s been a bad week for current and former students. Here are this week’s personal data exposure reports:

• Graduates of Troy Athens HS in the Detroit area are fuming that their personal data were stored on a lost hard drive. It had taken them two months before notifying the affected alumni members.
• Brock University donors’ personal information such as credit card numbers and bank accounts were stolen by hackers.
• A stolen laptop from Adams State College exposes students participating in the Upward Bound program.
• The Census Bureau in Austin is missing 15 handheld devices which contain personal information belonging to several Travis County residents.
• University of Texas at Arlington students are on alert for identity theft after being notified that their information was stored on two computers stolen from a faculty member’s home. UTA has created a website for more information.

Special thanks to Patricia for providing these tips. I’ve been lagging behind on the reports. Now that I’m no longer on vacation, I will update this blog more often. Thanks for your patience folks!

Written by MCruz on October 13th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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Security Breach Weekend Roundup - 09/10/06

So many tips, so much news with very little time. Here are this weekend’s personal data exposure reports:

• University of Minnesota students’ personal information were stolen on a computer from a campus office last month.
• Firearms owners in Berks County had their identities exposed on a public website.
• Stolen laptop contains financial and health data belonging to Compass Health clients.
• The Florida National Guard loses a laptop containing training and administrative records — including social security numbers — of up to 100 Florida National Guard soldiers.

Written by MCruz on September 10th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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