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Another data breach revealed in Finland

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Dissent

The third large-scale data security breach in the space of a few days was revealed in Finland on Wednesday, with usernames, passwords and email addresses belonging to about 12,000 users of Netcar, a used car website, posted on the internet. A person claiming responsibility for the breach said they had no links to Anonymous Finland,…

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Would you like that card fraud supersized?

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Dissent

Tresa Baldas reports that a McDonald’s employee in Oak Park has been charged in federal court in Detroit after being caught on video surveillance skimming customers’ credit or debit cards at the drive-thru window. It was the store manager who noticed the problem and contacted the Secret Service. Baldas reports: [Teresa] Pulliam, who was questioned…

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UK: Laptop stolen from Scottish advocate’s home results in undertaking

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Dissent

A Scottish advocate breached the Data Protection Act after failing to encrypt a laptop containing sensitive personal data which was later stolen, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. The laptop was stolen from the home of Ruth Crawford QC in 2009 when she was away on holiday. Ms. Crawford noted that she had left…

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Monster employee salary info and Social Security numbers may have been exposed on the web for over 8 years

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Dissent

Oh my. It seems that on October 24, Monster Worldwide was contacted by a former employee, who while Googling her name, discovered a spreadsheet with her employment details including her name, address, job title, date of birth, salary, and Social Security number. The spreadsheet had been created in 2003 and was available on the web…

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Healthcare most breached industry in 2011? Not by my analyses.

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Dissent

The following was originally posted to PHIprivacy.net. The carousel image for this post reflects 2011 statistics from DataLossDB and is used with permission. Note that healthcare sector breaches account for a smaller percentage of total breaches reported in 2011 compared to 2010 while business sector breaches account for a larger percentage of total breaches compared to…

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Former Austin hotel employee accused of stealing guests’ bank card information

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Dissent

KVUE reports that after receiving complaints from guests about fraudulent charges on their credit or debit cards, hotel security at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel managed to catch an employee skimming hotel guests’ cards. The hotel released the following statement Monday afternoon: “InterContinental Stephen F. Austin holds the safety, comfort and well-being of all guests and…

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