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Author: Dissent

Laptop containing sensitive info stolen

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Dissent

It’s not yet clear what kind of “sensitive” information was involved, but: A 37-year-old Kingston woman reported her laptop computer containing sensitive information was stolen from her garage Saturday. The woman told Kitsap County sheriff’s deputies she put the laptop, which belongs to Boeing, inside her garage after removing it from her car Thursday. She…

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Microsoft loses Sidekick users’ personal data

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Dissent

Martyn Williams reports: Contacts, calendar entries, photographs and other personal information of Sidekick users has almost certainly been lost for good following a service disruption at Sidekick provider Danger, the Microsoft subsidiary said on Saturday. The amount of data and number of users affected wasn’t disclosed by Microsoft or T-Mobile, but the Sidekick support forums…

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Two charged in superseding indictment for their roles in a $30 million bank fraud and ID theft ring

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Dissent

A Miami Beach, Fla., man and his driver were charged Thursday in a Superseding Indictment for their roles in a telemarketing fraud and identity theft scheme that attempted to defraud financial institutions and their account holders throughout the United States of millions of dollars through the unauthorized and fraudulent debit of customer bank accounts. Acting…

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Police look into shredder bin theft

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Dissent

Linda Golz reports: Authorities are investigating the thefts this week of large bins used to store paper waiting to be shredded from three FirstMerit Bank branches in Streetsboro, Westlake and Elyria. […] FirstMerit spokesman Rob Townsend said just one of the stolen containers actually had customer and bank information in it. Townsend said he is…

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Losses from EFTPOS frauds at Perth shops hit $450,000

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Dissent

McDonald’s Australia is alerting customers to a huge skimming operation in Perth. As of yesterday, they had reported that about 2500 accounts had been compromised to the tune of $450,000 but today they say that they cannot guarantee that more West Australians will not be fleeced in the fraud scam. While police have so far…

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Private info found in county Dumpster

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Dissent

Kari Cobham reports: Every 10 years, Flagler County’s building department purges its files. Only this time, county employees dumped about 15 boxes of applications, deeds, notices and plans in the trash — some of which included residents’ driver’s license and Social Security numbers. “We did wrong; it is a mistake we made,” County Administrator Craig…

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