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WA: Man gets 15 years in county’s largest ID-theft case

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Dissent

Jeremy Pawloski reports on a case that reminds us that low-tech crimes still exist and can affect numerous people A judge sentenced an Olympia-area man to 15 years in prison Thursday in connection with what law enforcement has called Thurston County’s largest identity-theft case. Anthony Vaughn, 31, earlier had pleaded guilty to three counts of…

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OK: Private documents stolen during Sooner Tea Party burglary

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Dissent

Chellie Mills reports: A burgler (sic) hit The Sooner Tea Party over the weekend. Documents that are typically not public information were stolen. The owner of the building where they were stored believes someone broke in specifically for those files. […] Mixed among the tools are tea party flyers, petitions and files full of donor…

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In: Two laptops containing UID data stolen from Hadapsar school [repost]

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Dissent

[repost] Unidentified persons broke into a school hall in Hadapsar and decamped with two laptops, two web cameras and a pen drive in the early hours of Saturday. Investigations have revealed that the laptops contained the data of around 150 persons collected as part of the Central government’s Aadhaar (UID) project. A complaint has been…

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Loyola University Medical Center patients’ information compromised after car break-in

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Dissent

Tom Negovan reports: He raves about the medical care he’s received at Loyola University Medical Center, but a heart transplant patient says he can’t believe the hospital allowed his personal information to be compromised. Worse still, 63-year-old Vincent Cherry says, administrators are doing nothing to help. He was notified earlier this month that a Loyola…

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SC: Hospital Worried About Data Breach After Laptop Was Stolen

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Dissent

Tripp Messick reports: Someone stole a laptop from Spartanburg Regional. Mark Aycock, the executive vice president, said the laptop had a password-protected file with Social Security numbers, as well as names, addresses, dates of birth and medical billing codes. Aycock says the laptop was taken out of an employer’s car on March 28th. Hospital officials…

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UK: Charities breached data rules over unencrypted computer thefts

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Dissent

The ICO issued the following press release: Sheffield-based charity Asperger’s Children and Carers Together (ACCT) and Nottingham-based charity Wheelbase Motor Project both breached the Data Protection Act by failing to encrypt computers that contained sensitive information relating to young people, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. Both incidents occurred when the devices were stolen….

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