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Now it’s personal: 32 jailed in China for stealing 39 million pieces of private data

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Dissent

Mandy Zuo reports: A three-year investigation by police in southwest China into personal data theft has ended with 32 people behind bars and several more awaiting trial, state media reported. More than 50 people were detained by police in Chongqing as part of a nationwide effort to track down and dismantle a criminal gang known…

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Terminated firefighter enters plea in stolen data case

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Dissent

Walt Buteau reports: A terminated veteran East Greenwich firefighter pleaded no contest in a case involving missing data used to repair and maintain the emergency alarm system that protects town-owned buildings and commercial property, the Target 12 Investigators have learned. Robert Warner, 43, of Warwick, entered the plea in Kent County Court on Tuesday to…

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In: Files feared stolen from GST Intel records room

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Dissent

Wow. As far as a physical security FAIL goes,  this is a contender. The Ahmedabad Mirror reports: Officials of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) in Gujarat on Sunday lodged a complaint of theft of record files from their storage unit in Ahmedabad. The DGGI storage unit is housed in an old and decrepit…

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United Way of the Big Bend investigates possible data security breach

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Dissent

WTXL reports: The United Way of the Big Bend is investigating a possible data security breach that occurred when taxpayer information was stolen from an employee in March. The organization says that 64 taxpayers’ information may be exposed after their information was stolen from the vehicle of a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA) site…

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WSU to pay up to $4.7 million for data theft involving 1.2 million people

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Dissent

Breaches that involve health data generally will cost you more. Asia Fields reports: Washington State University learned a costly lesson after a hard drive containing the personal information of more than a million people was stolen from a self-storage locker in 2017. Now, the university is going to have to pay even more. In a…

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WRHA: Client Data Breached After Bag Stolen from Car

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Dissent

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority says a bag was stolen last month containing the personal information of several clients. The bag was taken from an unattended parked vehicle of a WRHA employee on March 7, containing a notebook with the employee’s schedule of activities and included the names and ward locations of clients. The health…

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