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Pa. Firm Claims Ex-Partner Used Portable Drives to Steal Client Files

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Dissent

Gina Passarella reports on a case where a law firm alleges massive data theft by a former partner and others while the defendants vigorously deny the allegations. Interestingly (to me, anyway), the complaint incorporates reference to the use of Dropbox. You can read about the case on Law Technology News. And for today’s musical accompaniment:

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Breach Leaves Thousands Of Kaiser Permanente Employees Checking Their Credit Report (update)

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Dissent

KXL FM reports that Kaiser Permanente has sent notifications to some current and former employees after their data were found on an external hard drive purchased in a second-hand store in September 2011: Maryann Schwab with Kaiser Permanente says names, phone numbers, social security numbers and other personal information was found on a non-Kaiser external…

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Follow-up: Two men who stole bank info from Michaels customers headed to federal prison

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Dissent

Kristin J. Bender reports: Two men could spend the rest of their lives in federal prison after they pleaded guilty Wednesday to helping set up phony debit card pads in a popular craft store to steal customers’ bank account and credit card numbers. Edward Arakelyan, 21, and Arman Vardanyan, 22, both of Southern California, each…

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MI: Wayne County sends out email blast containing some 1300 names and social security numbers

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Dissent

Michael Rosenfield reports on yet another e-mail attachment error (there seems to have been a bunch of them recently): The personal information of some 1300 Wayne County employees is compromised after an email mistake by the county’s Department of Personnel/Human Resources. A spreadsheet containing the data was mistakenly attached to an email about health insurance….

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TX: Credit card fraudster gets 70 months

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Dissent

Lynn Brezosky reports: A Corpus Christi man who admitted to making fake credit cards using [credit card] receipts stolen from a San Antonio hotel has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Steven Reese Clark, 37, also must pay $3,606 in restitution to victims of his fraud….

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Update: Computer seized over Belfast City Hall breach (updated)

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Dissent

Give ’em back their data – that you didn’t ask for but they sent you anyway – or they’ll seize it from you? A computer has been seized from a woman who received personal details of every Belfast city councillor in a major security breach, it has been revealed. Heather M Brown surrendered the computer…

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