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Former employee arrested in ID theft scheme.
Colorado Springs Utilities says it’s not sure how many customers’ personal info may have been compromised following the recent arrest of a former employee in Arizona. 26-year-old former staff engineer Elizabeth Bischoff was arrested Wednesday, March 14 in Scottsdale, Arizona after trying to purchase a more-than-$90,000 car with a fake ID and stolen credit card, according to Scottsdale police.
Concerned customers can call Colorado Springs Utilities at 719-448-4800.
[KRDO.com]
Written by MCruz on March 20th, 2007 with no comments.
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SELMA, NC — A stolen laptop in Johnston County has firemen on alert for identity theft. The computer contained the names and social security numbers of volunteer firemen in Selma.
Earlier this week, someone stole a laptop computer from Selma’s Water Treatment Plant. The computer was only valued at about $1,000, but some of the information on it could be priceless. That’s because it contained the names and social security numbers of Selma’s volunteer firefighters.
Source: News 14 Carolina Thanks for the tip Patricia!
Written by MCruz on January 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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Officials at the University of California Los Angeles alerted about 800,000 current and former students, faculty and staff on Tuesday that their names and certain personal information were exposed after a hacker broke into a campus computer system.
A website has been setup for those affected by this breach. You may also call (877) 533-8082.
Source: CBS News
Written by MCruz on December 12th, 2006 with no comments.
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A printing contractor for the Chicago Public Schools said Sunday that it mistakenly mailed a list of names, Social Security numbers and home addresses of nearly 1,740 former school employees as part of a packet of health-insurance information to them.
Broadview-based All Printing & Graphics Inc., which was hired to print, stuff and mail the packets, said it did not realize an e-mail from the Chicago Public Schools contained the personal data. The e-mail requested that the company send open enrollment information to former employees still receiving health-care coverage through the schools.
School officials encouraged anyone with concerns to call 773-553-2820 or e-mail them at communications@cps.k12.il.us.
Source: Chicago Tribune
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Written by MCruz on November 27th, 2006 with no comments.
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Current and former Starbucks employees’ personal data were lost in two missing laptops.
Starbucks Corp., the world’s largest coffee retailer, said Friday that laptops containing the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of 60,000 current and former employees are missing.
The company said it has been unable to find four out-of-use laptops at its Seattle headquarters, a nine-floor building in the Sodo area. Two of those computers had personal information on employees hired prior to Dec. 31, 2003, said Valerie O’Neil, Starbucks spokeswoman. She did not know what information was on the other two computers.
The company has setup a web site for anyone who needs additional information.
Source: Seattle Times
Written by MCruz on November 5th, 2006 with no comments.
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T-Mobile employees were notified early this week that they were at risk to identity theft. Their personal information was stored in a laptop stolen from employee’s checked luggage.
A laptop containing the Social Security numbers and other personal information of T-Mobile USA Inc. employees recently disappeared, putting as many as 43,000 current and former workers at risk of identity theft.
This incident is similar to other laptop thefts which has occurred over the year.
Source: The Oregonian
Written by MCruz on October 20th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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