Well, I haven’t found anything more on this from any news source and it’s always odd to find out about a U.S. breach from a non-U.S. source, but International Supermarkets is reporting that: It has come to light that Wal-Mart has suffered a breach in its staff data system due to a former employee leaving…
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IN: Personal Documents Found Strewn Along Rural Road
6News reports that thousands of documents containing personal information — including Social Security numbers and financial information — were found on a rural road. The files appear to have come from DFS Capital Funding.
Iowa Supreme Court: Parents cannot access minor child's mental health records if it is not in the best interests of the child
The Associated Press has an article about a court case in Iowa with important implications for the privacy of mental health records of minors in Iowa.  The issue before the court was: The issue we must decide is whether a divorced parent with legal custody can obtain her children’s mental health records by presenting…
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities breach worse than originally thought
As an update to the story previously reported, The Mainichi Daily News reports that: …. personal information on thousands of customers that a former middle manager sold to personal data sellers was leaked or resold to a total of 80 companies — five times more than originally announced. Retrieving the customers’ information has proved difficult,…
CO: Weld DA files appeal involving fraud by illegal immigrants
Monte Whaley of The Denver Post reports: Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck is asking the Colorado Court of Appeals to overturn a judge’s decision that stopped his investigation of identity theft involving illegal immigrants. […] Weld sheriff’s deputies in October searched Amalia’s Translation and Tax Service in Greeley, where they took more than 5,000…
Test of Lincoln DNA sought to prove cancer theory
Every so often, I read about cases where someone wants to exhume long-dead historical figures to test for medical conditions. Now Ron Todt of the Associated Press reports that a researcher wants to test the blood stains on the pillowcase that was stained with President Lincoln’s blood after he was shot. The story touches on…