The New Haven Register reports: A bag stolen from a car in September contained data from a local dentist office, but the business said Monday that patients’ privacy has not been compromised. The bag contained personal items and back-up media cartridges from Soundental Associates P.C. that were being taken to an off-site storage location. It…
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Safe stolen from Dayton chiropractic office
NewsTalkRadioWHIO reports: A chiropractic office was broken into early Monday morning and reportedly had a safe and computer stolen. The break in occurred at about 1:30 a.m. at Long Chiropractic, located at 4978 Northcutt Pl., according to a Dayton Police incident report. Thieves broke out a window on the south side of the building and…
FL: Broward man pleads guilty in massive identity theft (updated)
Wayne K. Roustan reports that a former employee of an unnamed North Miami law firm was involved in an ID theft/tax refund scheme: Rodney Saintfleur, 28, of West Park, plead to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government, one count of access device fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft, prosecutors said. Evidence…
WI: Stanley-Boyd schools’ $150,000 payroll hacked
Chris Vetter and Chuck Rupnow report that the Stanley-Boyd school district had its payroll funds hacked/diverted. You can read about it on The Leader-Telegram, although it’s early days and they don’t seem to know yet how this happened.
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC Reports Data Breach; Individuals in Multiple States Could Be Affected
A company that produces some of the most well-known food brand products issued a press release yesterday: Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, a producer, marketer and distributor of branded food products, today announced that the personal information of up to 1,818 individuals in up to 13 states plus Mexico may have been affected by a theft…
UK: 100,000 members of Civil Service Sports Club are first being told their details were stolen by fraudsters in 2010
Hannah Furness reports: More than 100,000 civil servants and public sector workers have been warned their personal details may have been stolen in a bid to defraud the Government. Members of the Civil Service Sports Club, which has 130,000 members nationwide, have been told their names, addresses, dates of birth and National Insurance numbers have…