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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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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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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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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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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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