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Author: Dissent

Alaska state employees’ union wants more protection after breach

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Dissent

The Alaska State Employees Association (ASEA) is seemingly unhappy with the two-year benefits plan being offered to over 77,000 state employees whose data were lost by PricewaterhouseCooper. The personal information included their names, social security numbers, and dates of birth. ASEA represents almost 8,000 of the state employees. In a press release issued today, ASEA…

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27 more indicted in KY fraud, identity theft ring

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Dissent

The total number of arrests in in connection with a check fraud and identity theft ring has risen to 109 with the indictment of 27 more people, police announced Thursday. Those 27 indictments, which were handed down Wednesday, are the “finishing touches” on a joint three-year investigation by the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task…

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(update) 35,000 guardsmen at risk after data loss

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Dissent

Jennifer Godwin reports that 35,000 current and former Arkansas National Guardsmen will be notified that their names, Social Security numbers, and other personal information were on a hard drive that went missing last month. Investigators determined that a file on the drive contains information on those who enlisted in the Arkansas National Guard dating back…

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HOW many years of free credit alerts?

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Dissent

I don’t know if this is some kind of record, but the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is notifying people who were affected by the security breach reported in January that they can get an additional 7 years of fraud victim alerts on their credit reports at no charge.  The story’s here. Does anyone remember…

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ICO outlines business case for privacy

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Dissent

In The Privacy Dividend, a report published on 4 March 2010, it said public and private sector organisations can use business cases to justify spending on privacy protection. It says the benefits of protecting privacy derive from four areas in which information has value. Firstly, protecting personal information as an asset can help to make…

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Memo to arrestee: a flash drive is not a goldfish

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Dissent

The Smoking Gun reports: In a bold and bizarre attempt to destroy evidence seized during a federal raid, a New York City man grabbed a flash drive and swallowed the data storage device while in the custody of Secret Service agents, records show. Florin Necula ingested the Kingston flash drive shortly after his January 21…

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