The Texas Workforce Commission issued a security alert following the disclosure of a massive data breach by the Comptroller’s Office: The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is concerned about the data security breach at the Office of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts where the personal information of approximately 2 million Unemployment Insurance (UI) claimants was…
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TX: Parents Of 60 Local Students Advised Of Possible Security Breach
Eli Ross provides a small update to a breach reported last month when student records of some students at Ellison High School were found blowing across a field: The Killeen Independent School District said Tuesday that it sent home 58 letters to parents of students warning of a security breach involving personal information including Social…
OK State Dept. of Health: Stolen laptop contained personal and medical information on 133,000
A press release from the Oklahoma State Department of Health, issued today: The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is notifying nearly 133,000 individuals that their names and some personal information may have been contained on an agency laptop computer that was stolen from an OSDH employee’s car last week. A database related to the…
IA: Reports of credit-card fraud in Muscatine
I, along with several people I work with and friends, have had our credit card numbers compromised and used for online purchases in other states. The cards themselves were not stolen, but the numbers were used. I’m just curious if this is a widespread problem in Muscatine. I called the police to report it and…
Texas comptroller’s office data breach exposes 3.5 million teachers’ and employees’ Social Security numbers and other personal information
Kelley Shannon reports: Texas Comptroller Susan Combs revealed Monday that the personal information of 3.5 million people has been inadvertently disclosed by her agency, making Social Security numbers, dates of birth and other data accessible to the public. The information was available on a publicly accessible computer server and included data transferred by the Teacher…
CO: Credit card fraud hits Snowmass
Chad Abraham reports from Aspen: The credit card numbers of at least 12 people in Snowmass Village have been used fraudulently in purchases, or attempted buys, at stores across the nation. Art Smythe, the town’s police chief, said the victims still have their cards, but the culprits were somehow able to get the numbers. Most…