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Univ. of Tampa notifies over 30,000 students and staff that their Social Security numbers were exposed on the Internet

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Dissent

The University of Tampa has issued a breach notice: On March 13, 2012, the Office of Information Technology (IT) learned that due to a server management error, a University of Tampa data file containing sensitive information was publicly accessible for a certain period of time. There is no evidence the file has been used maliciously….

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Edmund Optics hacked; customer credit card information acquired

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Dissent

On Monday, Edmund Optics issued a statement on its web site about a security breach: On Sunday, February 26, 2012 Edmund Optics identified suspicious activity on our website and quickly determined there had been a breach of our security. Actions were taken immediately to stop the intrusion, increase security and prevent further unauthorized access to…

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Humboldt State University notifies 5,700 students that e-mail attachment error exposed their Social Security Numbers

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Dissent

The following statement was issued by Humboldt State University yesterday: Humboldt State University is alerting approximately 5,700 students to take precautions against identity theft in the wake of a single incident involving one student’s personal information. The affected files have been secured and HSU has verified it was a single incident. It is unlikely the privacy and…

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1,300 Brigham Young University students’ information released accidentally

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Dissent

Paige Fieldsted reports: The personal information of hundreds of international students at BYU was inadvertently released by email Monday. The message was sent by a staff member in the University Advisement Center who was sending out a notice of a career workshop, but a complete list of students’ names, email addresses, phone numbers and student…

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HHS settles HIPAA case with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee for $1.5 million following theft of 57 computer drives

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Dissent

From HHS: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $1,500,000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules, Leon Rodriguez, Director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced today.  BCBST…

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Impairment Resources files for bankruptcy after data breach

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Dissent

It seems like a breach that I never mentioned on this blog was the downfall of a firm. In December, 2011, Impairment Resources, LLC was the victim of a burglary. They reported the incident and I had included it on DataLossDB.org, but didn’t think much of it as there was nothing wildly unusual in their reports to suggest…

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