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Author: Dissent

OR: Stolen laptop creates a stir at Southwestern

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Dissent

Erica Rush reports: The privacy of hundreds of community college students is put at risk, after someone steals a laptop computer from the campus at Southwestern Oregon Community College. The school issued a press release on Friday stating that a new computer that contained student records for approximately 200 current and former students at Southwestern…

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Ca: Company sends criminal record to total stranger in Simcoe

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Dissent

Mark Bonokoski reports: When the brown manila envelope arrived in the mail the other day at his home in rural Simcoe — the Toronto sender’s name discreetly reading P. Canada — Dave Eberly assumed his pardon had finally come through. […] And when that manila envelope arrived in the mail, Eberly thought it would be…

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MA: Businesses look to restart data security rule process

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Dissent

Michael P. Norton of the State House News Service reports: A coalition featuring some of the biggest businesses in the nation called on the Patrick administration Thursday to again delay implementation of regulations to protect against identity theft, saying the pending rules are unworkable and will hurt job creation. […] The letter was signed by…

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UK: Authority’s sorry for e-mail privacy gaffe

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Dissent

Derby City Council has come under fire for breaching privacy laws by sending out a note containing the e-mail addresses of 50 council tax-payers. The error came to light when Julian Boardman, a web manager, received a electronic notice on Thursday morning informing him that his council tax payment was due. Later that day, a…

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2nd man arraigned in Dave & Buster’s ID theft, fraud

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Dissent

Robert E. Kessler reports: Will the real “JonnyHell” please stand up? Federal prosecutors said Friday that Aleksandr Suvorov, 26, of Estonia, used that Internet name in some of his illegal hacking escapades, as he was arraigned on fraud charges in U.S. District Court in Central Islip. Suvorov was accused of being one of the three…

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ME: Bank hears of data breach

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Dissent

Mechele Cooper reports: Kennebec Savings Bank has informed 1,500 customers their debit card numbers may have been compromised in a security breach. Bank officials blamed the breach on credit card companies’ failure to police the merchants that use their cards. The breach was reported to bank officials by MasterCard. Mark Johnston, bank president and CEO,…

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