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Category: Breach Incidents

Insider wrongdoing a low point for High Point University

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

In late June, High Point University in North Carolina discovered that an employee who had access to personal information of students had misused the credit card  information of nine individuals for fraudulent purposes. The university notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on July 15 that they were notifying  634 Maryland residents of the breach.  The employee…

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Verizon Wireless hacked

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

On August 4, Verizon Wireless notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office of a security incident.  According to their letter,  an investigation revealed that sometime between February 8  and May 19, 2010,  someone unrelated to Verizon Wireless accessed a system containing some customer information. The types of customer information that the intruder could have accessed included…

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Farmers Insurance agent takes 4 mos. to notify policyholders of data theft

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

Computers stolen from a California  agent of  Farmers Insurance on March 16 contained sensitive policyholder data, but the policyholders were not notified of theft until the end of July. According to a notification sent by Farmers Insurance to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office,  data on the stolen computers for an unspecified number of policyholders included…

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Everywhere you look, there are breaches we didn’t know about…

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

Here are summaries of some other breach reports recently filed with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office.   I’ve tried to sort them or organize them somewhat  as I am going through them.  Some of the incidents affect only a few individuals, while others impact many more.  Most of them have never been reported in the…

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InterMedia Outdoors reports second “potential incident” — or is just one?

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

Back in March, InterMedia Outdoors notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office that they had received several reports of credit card fraud after customers had placed telephone orders with InterMedia Outdoors.   According to their notification, the potential breach began as early as August 2009 and was first discovered in February 2010. That report, which I had…

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Another laptop. Another car. Another “gah” moment.

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

Arizona-based Vision Quest provides services for youth in five states, including Maryland. In a letter sent to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, Vision Quest reported that a laptop stolen from an employee’s car  on June 7 contained client information such as’ names, addresses, Social Security Numbers,  dates of birth, DJS number, and encounter information.  …

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