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Silverpop’s response to media coverage of breaches

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Dissent

In response to recent news coverage indicating that breaches affecting McDonald’s, DeviantART customers (and possibly Walgreens customers?) were due to a breach at Silverpop, their CEO Bill Nussey responds on Silverpop’s blog: The forensic investigation into the cyber attack on our company and customers has yielded some valuable insights. First, we have confirmed that our…

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(follow-up) FL Bus Driver Sentenced For Stealing Disabled Patrons’ Identities

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Dissent

As a follow-up to a case originally mentioned on this blog in October, News4Jax.com reports that Watreka Ligon has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for stealing the identities of disabled bus patrons. She has also been ordered to pay restitution. Ligon had been working for MV Transport, a contractor for Central Florida…

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Being kept in the dark is a global problem

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dissent

I’ve complained a lot (too much, some might argue) about how we’re often not told how or where ID thieves or criminals obtained identity information used in their crimes.  Here’s a news story from the BBC that also omits   information about how the defendants obtained or stole credit card details: A man has admitted…

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NYC: 15,000 Social security numbers stolen from state computers by subcontractor

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dissent

Thousands of Social Security numbers have been stolen from the computers of a New York state agency. The Social Security Administration in New York City says that the Social Security numbers were stolen by a subcontractor who was working in Office of Temporary Disability Assistance making computer infrastructure upgrades. The administration says, while performing the upgrades,…

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California public health dept. announces lost tape had medical and personal info on residents and workers

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dissent

Wow – two state departments of public health reveal breaches in a 24-hour period?  First it was Connecticut, reported on this blog earlier today, and now California.  Here’s a statement from the California Department of Public Health: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has reported to state authorities that a missing magnetic tape, delivered from one…

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Personal info on drug informants, suspects, others exposed in Colo.

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dissent

Kathleen Hickey provides a few more details on the Mesa County, Colorado breach (previously mentioned on this blog) that exposed personal information on informants and others: Potentially more than 200,000 files from the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office of Colorado, including sensitive data such as names, Social Security numbers and contact information on drug informants, employees,…

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