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Pointer: UK using stolen data to nail tax cheats?

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Dissent

From the end-ju$tifie$-the-mean$ dept. It looks like the UK has joined the ranks of Spain and France in using data stolen from HSBC to go after tax cheats. See the coverage on UKWired and BBC.

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“Human error” exposed sellers’ names on Etsy.com

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Dissent

Due to an “internal human coding error,” online marketplace Etsy.com exposed over 1,900 sellers’ real names on their website on September 20 instead of their shops’ names. In a post on its website, Chad Dickerson explained: We had an issue in Treasury earlier today where the “full name” field that we gather at seller registration…

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(Update) Lincoln golf courses, restaurant sources of credit card leaks

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Dissent

Zach Pluhacek and Cory Matteson provide the latest update to recent reports of card fraud in the Lincoln area: Two Lincoln golf courses and a restaurant say they are the sources of more than 200 credit and debit card numbers stolen recently from Lincoln-area residents. In a news release Friday, Wilderness Ridge golf course and…

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NC: Government worker’s laptop stolen

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Dissent

The county department that has helped more than 60,000 families in need in New Hanover County, now needs the help of the Sheriff’s Office. A laptop used to access confidential family information was stolen from one of the Department of Social Services social workers. 114 social workers throughout the county carry laptops so they can…

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IN: St. Vincent Hospital reports stolen laptop

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Dissent

The Indy Channel reports: St. Vincent Hospital has notified 1,200 patients their personal information was on a laptop stolen from an employee’s home. The computer, containing Social Security numbers and personal health information, was taken during a burglary at a worker’s home on July 25, hospital officials said in a news release Friday night. Read…

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ACS:Law Email Database Possibly Leaked onto The Pirate Bay

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Dissent

Thomas Mennecke writes: There appears to have been a serious data security breach on ACS:Law’s website today, as the website’s root directory was temporarily exposed for several hours. One of the files may have been a backup file of the website, which possibly included the firm’s email correspondence of solicitor Andrew Crossley. ACS:Law’s website was…

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