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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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Update: ALDI breach potentially affects 8,000 in Maryland alone

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

Although ALDI has repeatedly said that the tampering of pin pads affected only a “limited number of stores” in their 1000+store chain, the number of customers affected continues to grow as new reports emerge. In a report to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office dated October 1,  Terry E. Pfortmiller, ALDI Vice-President of Finance and Administration,…

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Destination Hotels & Resorts update: hack may have occurred in 2009

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

Although Destination Hotels & Resorts never responded to my inquiry about how many guests were affected by a breach reported previously on this blog,  a notification their law firm  filed with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on July 20th indicated that 1,354 residents of Maryland were also affected by the hacking incident that occurred between…

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