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UPDATE: France agrees to hand back ‘stolen’ Swiss bank data

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Dissent

From the Agence France-Presse: France said Monday it would agree to a Swiss request to hand back data taken from a HSBC bank branch in Geneva that is at the centre of a row between the two countries. France said Monday it would agree to a Swiss request to hand back data taken from a…

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Attorney for doctors in WDH privacy breach disputes AG’s finding

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Dissent

Adam D. Krauss continues to update us on this case: An attorney for two doctors impacted by the privacy breach at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital says the Office of the Attorney General would have found WDH had to notify patients if the state knew a rogue employee accessed patients’ social security numbers and sensitive insurance policy data….

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UK: Shropshire Council found in breach of the Data Protection Act

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Dissent

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Shropshire Council in breach of the Data Protection Act following the loss of an unencrypted memory stick containing sensitive information relating to a large number of adult social care clients and members of staff. The memory stick, which contained a social care management database including sensitive health information,…

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PA: Malware opens door to possible information exposure

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Dissent

From Pennsylvania State University’s web site: A computer in the Dickinson School of Law that contained 261 Social Security numbers from an archived class list was found to be infected with malware that enabled it to communicate with an unauthorized computer outside the network. As soon as the University became aware of the malicious software…

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Hacker hits NC community college system

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Dissent

Kristin Collins reports: Patrons of the state’s community colleges may have had their drivers license and Social Security numbers stolen by a hacker. College officials announced late today that 51,000 library users at 25 campuses, including Wake Tech and Johnston County, were the victims of a security breach in August. They said the libraries collect…

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AZ: Ex-Valley restaurateur convicted in identity fraud scheme

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Dissent

Nicole Ethier reports that a former Valley restaurateur, Reha Soylular, recently was convicted in an identity fraud scheme: According to court documents, between 2002 and 2004 Soylular gained more than $1,000 by using other individuals’ personal information, including names and Social Security information, to establish merchant teller accounts without permission in Orange County, Calif. Soylular…

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