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UT Southwestern employee accused of selling patient information

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dissent

Shon Gables reports: Authorities arrested an employee at UT [University of Texas] Southwestern Medical Center after she allegedly stole patent information and possibly their identities. Hundreds of patients’ personal information – including birth dates, addresses, phone numbers and financial data – was stolen before Tracy Renay Thomas’ arrest and termination, police said. Thomas is accused…

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NMSU acts to address limited 2006 exposure of student personal data

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dissent

Amanda L. Husson reports: The names and Social Security numbers of about 300 New Mexico State University students were inadvertently leaked through file-sharing software last fall, the university revealed Wednesday. Letters were mailed to the affected students last week. Shaun Cooper, NMSU associate vice president and chief information officer, said the risk of identity theft…

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(update) UWMC patient financial information compromised

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Dissent

More on a breach reported here last week, this from Natalie Johnson: In early February, an employee of the National Collection Office (NCO) Financial Systems Inc., a debt-collection agency that UW Medicine contracts with, violated security and compromised at least 50 confirmed contacts, and as many as 80 more are being investigated. “UW Medicine was…

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Hacker broke into Bennett College office computer

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Dissent

Jennifer Fernandez reports: A Bennett College official said today that someone hacked a computer in the business office the weekend of Feb. 13, accessing personal information of potentially 1,100 employees and students. DeQuan Jones, director of information technology, said he believes it is the first time that personal information has been hacked at the all-women’s…

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Nl: Student info often leaked

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Dissent

Karin Spaink provides an English summary of a news story on education sector breaches in the Netherlands: The teachers union (Algemene Onderwijsbond) researched how often student information is accessible via Google. They found quite a lot: list of home addresses, student reports, progress reports, assessment reports. The union notified all the universities, faculties and training…

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WA: UW medical records compromised

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Dissent

Mimi Jung reports: An alarming letter was sent to Charles Tomaras from the UW (University of Washington) Medical Center letting him know that someone had stolen his personal information, including his Social Security number, credit card number, birthdate and address….. The hospital says the information of up to 210 people could be compromised and thought…

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