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Author: Dissent

In Push For Data, Schools Expose Students To Identity Theft

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Dissent

Over on Huffington Post, Gerry Smith is singing my tune about the education sector in terms of data security exposing students to the risk of identity theft.  Here’s a snippet: But the U.S. Department of Education has warned schools not to use students’ Social Security numbers in their databases, urging them instead to create other unique identifiers. Social…

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Square Enix Site Hacked – Again (Updated to Reflect No Personal Info Accessed)

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Dissent

In what appears to be its second breach in 2011, Square Enix has confirmed that it has suffered an intrusion. Matt Mann reports:   Today Square Enix announced that both their Japanese and North American Square Enix Members sites have been hacked.  According to Square Enix an unknown party gained unauthorized access to servers containing user information in…

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Ca: Insider breach at Insurance Corporation of British Columbia linked to shootings, arson

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Dissent

This sounds like it might qualify as one of the worst – if not, THE worst – insider breach of 2011. When people affiliated with the Justice Institute of British Columbia starting seeing their homes shot at or set on fire, the RCMP began an intensive investigation. That probe has now culminated in the firing…

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I can just picture it….

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Dissent

Why risk getting caught downloading customer data when you can just take pictures of it? Trilegiant Corporation in Stamford, Connecticut recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a call center vendor’s employee had been caught taking screen shots of customer data (names and debit or credit card numbers) with his phone camera. The…

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Romanian CEC Bank blocks 17,000 cards after suspected international security breach (update1)

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Dissent

Romania Insider reports: Romanian state-owned lender CEC bank has blocked the VISA cards of around 17,000 of its clients for security reasons, fearing an information security breach. Account information was most likely accessed via the Internet, according to the bank, which also announced other Romanian and international banks have been affected by this. “The bank…

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OR: St. Charles Health System reports stolen laptop (updated – recovered)

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Dissent

KBND reports: About 145 patients who visited St Charles recently are getting letters in the mail saying that there was a privacy breach that could affect them. In late October, an employee laptop was stolen from their car parked outside their home. Lisa Goodman with St. Charles says the case is considered “low” risk for several reasons.  “Number…

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