We usually think of the financial or medical risks associated with ID theft. But murder to engage in ID theft? Jay Weaver reports: In December 2010, Bruce Parton was murdered in broad daylight while doing a job he had enjoyed for 30 years: delivering the mail. On Thursday, a federal jury found a Miami-Dade man…
Category: Breach Incidents
30-plus laptop computers stolen from Jacksonville’s Wounded Warrior project HQ
Dan Scanlan reports: At least 33 laptop computers and iPads were stolen in late July from the Wounded Warrior Project’s third-floor office at 4899 Belfort Road in Jacksonville. They may contain personal information on “some, but not all of our former employees,” according to a letter sent out Sept. 7 by Wounded Warrior Executive Director…
TX: Students’ Personal Information Found in Dumpster
KRGV reports that folders containing students’ personal information was found in a dumpster behind a Habitat for Humanity building in McAllen, Texas. The files contained names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and telephone numbers of 20 students from the Lucille Hendricks Elementary School. Read more on KRGV.
More on the hack of Israel’s court system
More details are emerging on the significant data security breach involving Israel’s court system.
ERIC attempts to purge research database of SSN and other PII
ERIC, a clearinghouse and database for education research articles, has this notice linked from their home page: Dear ERIC Community, In early August we discovered that sensitive personally identifiable information appeared in some full text documents contained in the ERIC collection. Specifically, social security numbers and other highly sensitive information were found in multiple documents…
TX: Former Capital One Bank employee sentenced in ID theft scheme
Here’s an update to a case previously noted on this blog: Jamal Gerard Mose-Burrel, 22, of Houston, has been sentenced to a four-year-term of imprisonment for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Mose-Burrel pleaded guilty Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Today, U.S. District Judge Lee H….