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For the second time in six months, Chicago Public Schools will pay for credit protection for current and former employees whose personal information was either stolen or released accidentally.
The school system said it will pay for one year of credit protection for the 40,000 employees whose names and Social Security numbers were on two laptop computers stolen from school headquarters Friday.
[Chicago Tribune]
Written by MCruz on April 7th, 2007 with no comments.
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A laptop computer containing the names, Social Security numbers and payroll information for as many as 16,000 civilian employees here was stolen from an employee’s personal vehicle, officials said Monday.
The computer was password protected and did not contain bank account or bank routing information, Army officials said. The employees all work at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, which has its headquarters at Fort Monroe.
[SignOnSandiego.com]
Written by MCruz on March 27th, 2007 with no comments.
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The laptop computer was stolen from its docking station in the late afternoon of Feb. 28th from a Metro State faculty member’s office on the Auraria Campus.
The stolen computer contained roster information of 988 students enrolled in the faculty member’s classes from the beginning of the 1999 fall semester to the end of the 2002 fall semester. The stolen computer was password protected.
Concerned students can visit their website or call 1-866-737-6622 for more information.
[MyFox Colorado]
Written by MCruz on March 6th, 2007 with no comments.
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Four laptop computers with personal information and Social Security numbers on nearly 10,000 Gulf Coast Medical Center patients were stolen recently in two separate incidents, a company official said.
Three laptop computers were stolen from a car in Texas in November, Gulf Coast Medical Center spokesman Rod Whiting said. Those laptops contained the names and personal information of 1,900 patients.
Another laptop was taken from a car in Tallahassee in February. That computer contained the names and personal information of 8,086 patients, Whiting said. “The information is password-protected, so it is highly unlikely that any data was accessed,� Whiting said.
[Pensacola News Journal]
Written by MCruz on March 1st, 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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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.
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Written by MCruz on November 2nd, 2006 with no comments.
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