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Washington Department of Labor and Industries exposes contractors’ SSN on web site

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Dissent

In an article that requires a subscription for full access, Bert Caldwell of The Spokesman Review reports that the Washington Department of Labor and Industries web site was shut down for several hours yesterday after a contractor realized his Social Security number was exposed and contacted them. A spokesperson said that the problem was a…

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EU leaders’ passport numbers and medical info found on public computer in Prague

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Dissent

The Helsinki Times reports that a publicly available computer at a Prague hotel contained the passport numbers and itineraries of about 200 leaders from EU member states who gathered there April 5 for an EU-US summit. The breach has been attributed to human error. The breach was discovered by a Finnish tourist who used the…

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HK: Data of 15,000 NUS alumni leaked

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Dissent

Tan Weizhen reports: Computer security is being beefed up across the National University of Singapore (NUS) after sensitive data of more than 15,000 alumni members was leaked in an e-mail. On April1, the NUS Career Centre sent an e-mail to about 450 NUS alumni, all of whom graduated last year, to invite them to a…

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IN: Personal Documents Found Strewn Along Rural Road

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Dissent

6News reports that thousands of documents containing personal information — including Social Security numbers and financial information — were found on a rural road. The files appear to have come from DFS Capital Funding.

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Mitsubishi UFJ Securities breach worse than originally thought

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Dissent

As an update to the story previously reported, The Mainichi Daily News reports that: …. personal information on thousands of customers that a former middle manager sold to personal data sellers was leaked or resold to a total of 80 companies — five times more than originally announced. Retrieving the customers’ information has proved difficult,…

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TX: Box With Private Information Found Outside Elementary School

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Dissent

Monica Balderrama reports that following up on a phone call, KFOX found a box with personal information of hundreds of teachers, students and parents outside of Eastwood Knolls Elementary School in the Ysleta School District. The documents, which included school registration forms, immunization records and copies of birth certificates, as well as a roster with…

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