Rebecca Harshbarger andYoav Gonen report: It was a technical foul. Hackers accessed the personal information of more than 2,400 Brooklyn Tech HS students and posted it on the school’s Web site, The Post has learned. The startling security breach put students’ names, addresses and birth dates — and, in many cases, their Social Security numbers…
Category: Exposure
SC: Private Information Found In Greer Dumpster
WSPA in South Carolina reports that a consumer tipped them that a dumpster was filled with sensitive personal and financial information. The story doesn’t name the business, but the video coverage names it as Merrimack Mortgage:
WellPoint Security Breach Put At Risk Information For 470,000 Nationwide
The latest revelations on the Anthem/Wellpoint breach raise some questions for this blogger. Matthew Sturdevant reports that the recently disclosed Anthem breach may affect many more than the 230,000 recently reported: An online security breach put at risk the personal, financial and medical information of 470,000 WellPoint customers nationwide, including 5,600 in Connecticut, customers are…
OH: Local Man, Woman Accused Of Aggravated ID Theft
Donna Willis reports: A federal grand jury indicted Katura J. Mozelle, 23, of Columbus and Kinte K. Green, 30, of Columbus alleging that they conspired to steal credit accounts belonging to people whose identities they had stolen from a government website in 2006. The indictment alleges that Ms. Mozelle and Mr. Green accessed the Franklin…
CA: Personal Documents Found In Dumpster
About 100 people’s personal information was thrown out along with unused, unopened books and learning materials, a KCRA 3 investigation revealed. A KCRA 3 insider watched Department of Parks and Recreation employees putting the materials in a Dumpster outside a parks building. KCRA 3 found several folders with important documents. One contained names, Social Security…
GA business says it accidentally trashed customers’ personal information
Bryan Baker reports: …. after a move to a new office, commercial real estate company Atkins & Associates says it accidentally tossed out real estate records into a dumpster behind its Augusta business. Off camera a company spokesperson tells 12 On Your Side they were purging real estate records that simply got mixed in with…