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Thousands receive a letter about a possible information breach at Colorado State U. – Pueblo

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Dissent

Lacey Steele reports that Colorado State U. – Pueblo has notified over 19,000 students and applicants of what they believe is a low-threat breach: A few students accidentally gained access to some files containing personal information, but they told school authorities immediately and the problem was fixed. Read more on KOAA.

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SC: 34,000 exposed in U. South Carolina breach

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Dissent

Andrew Shain reports: The University of South Carolina said today that confidential information about 34,000 people could have been exposed in a hacker attack on the College of Education’s web server. The school said it discovered the breach on June 6. No evidence was found that the hackers accessed every record on this server, but…

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CA: Clerk arrested for allegedly leaking confidential, sealed federal files

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Dissent

Rina Palta reports: An FBI undercover officer allegedly bought sealed documents from the court clerk’s husband. Nune Gevorkyan was caught in a sting for allegedly leaking files. According to the FBI, an undercover agent approached Gevorkyan’s husband, Oganes Koshkaryan, about purchasing information from confidential, sealed federal files. Koshkaryan later returned with information on pending arrest…

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Georgia Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Crimes

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Dissent

A tax return preparer from Macon, Ga., pleaded guilty Thursday to filing a false claim for tax refund, theft of government money and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue (IRS) announced. According to court documents, Willie C. Grant is a former tax return preparer who used many of his former clients’…

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First Republic Bank gaffe in records disposal

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Dissent

First Republic Bank has been notifying clients after records containing their information were improperly disposed of on August 2. In its letter to clients, Maureen Maginn, Senior Vice President of Deposit Services, wrote: … on August 2, 2012, certain data were discarded in a way that did not adhere to our strict data disposal requirements….

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Former Tennessee Tech University employee stole other employees’ information

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Dissent

The Herald-Citizen  reports: Tennessee Tech University sent letters to 42 former and current employees yesterday informing them of a security breach related to personal identifying information. Through a cooperative effort between the university and the Cookeville Police Department, Tennessee Tech University learned that alleged criminal acts by a former TTU employee have resulted in unauthorized…

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