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Author: Dissent

IA: Error in Warren County exposes thousands to possible ID theft

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Dissent

Lee Rood reports: The state on Friday notified about 3,000 Warren County residents that there was a slight chance that identity records may have been exposed after a December fire and waste-handling error two months later. The fire destroyed the Warren County-owned human services office in Indianola early on the morning of Dec. 4, 2011….

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AZ: Passerby finds hundreds of documents with personal info in dumpster

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Dissent

Lindsey Reiser reports: Preston Brooker was walking his dog when he saw a dumpster overflowing with papers in an old LA Fitness parking lot. When he looked closer, he saw they weren’t your average photocopies. They were old gym memberships, with credit card information, Social Security numbers, addresses and other info. “This is a violation…

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York County knew of breach in August 2011 but is first notifying people now??

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Dissent

Yesterday I posted a hack to DataLossDB involving York County, SC based on a news report. Today, I saw another news report and that the first report had been updated. Significantly (to me, anyway), the first report now reads: County officials discovered the intrusion during routine maintenance on Aug. 29, 2011, he said. The server…

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California Dept of Social Services notifying over 700,000 In-Home Supportive Services providers and recipients after payroll data lost in the mail

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Dissent

California Department of Social Services is notifying over 700,000 In-Home Supportive Services providers and recipients that their data may have been lost. An FAQ on the department’s web site explains that CDSS became aware of the breach on May 9. The information was in a package that was damaged in transit between a Hewlett Packard…

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How do you view your customers?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Dissent

Wow. I just read some really offensive advice by Ronald Raether about what to say after a data breach. Well, I should be clear that I didn’t read all of his advice because I stopped reading after his first answer to the interviewer: RONALD RAETHER: The first place to start is with defining the goals….

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High school hack: Teenager suspended for accessing confidential school records and posting them on Facebook

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Dissent

David Collins of The Mirror reports: A teenager hacked into his school’s “secure” database and posted pupils’ disciplinary records on Facebook. Lewis Blessed, 15, was suspended from classes for nine days after revealing confidential staff comments about children who had misbehaved. But his mum Andrea, 43, says the school over-reacted – because her son simply…

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