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Laptop stolen from contractor’s car affects 1,700 who sought to adopt children through Catholic Social Services

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Dissent

A stolen laptop containing personal and protected health information of 1,700 clients of Catholic Social Services in Anchorage has resulted in a notification to the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services and affected clients. According to a notice on the CSS’s web site dated March 30: on February 2nd, CSS learned of a theft that had…

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Another instance where a client’s login misused to access database

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Dissent

I’ve gotten used to seeing occasional reports from Experian that a client’s login was stolen or acquired by someone who used it to access credit reports on individuals, but an April 7 notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is the first time  I can recall seeing that type of report from Merlin Information…

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Congress not happy with Sony, Sony not happy with Anonymous, and gamers just unhappy, period.

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Dissent

Not a great day for Sony. First they got slammed at a Congressional hearing on data theft for not being willing to come testify. Representative Mary Bono Mack, Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, said: As Chairman of this Subcommittee, I am deeply troubled by these latest data breaches, and the decision by both Epsilon and Sony…

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Netflix call center employee was improperly accessing customer credit card information

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Dissent

Netflix recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a rogue employee at their call center was accessing customers’ names and credit card information without authorization over a two-month period. The misconduct was discovered on April 4 and reported to the state on April 20. Two New Hampshire residents were affected by the insider…

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Ontario woman suing Sony over PlayStation breach

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Dissent

Aha – our Canadian neighbors have caught the litigation bug. The Canadian Press reports: A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in Ontario on behalf of about one million Canadian PlayStation and Qriocity users. […]The Toronto law firm McPhadden Samac Tuovi is proposing the class action suit against Sony Japan, Sony USA, Sony Canada…

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FTC Settles Charges Against Ceridian and Lookout Over 2009 Data Breaches

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Dissent

Two companies that maintain large amounts of sensitive information about the employees of their business customers, including Social Security numbers, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to employ reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect the data, in violation of federal law. Among other things, the settlement orders require the…

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