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Lockheed Martin: hard drive not totally wiped

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Dissent

Lockheed Martin recently notified some former or current employees that a hard drive that formerly belonged to them had been found for sale on eBay by academic researchers participating in a global research project. The researchers turned the drive over to the FBI when they found some employee data still readable on the drive. According…

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Stolen NY Life Insurance laptop had customer info

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Dissent

For the second time in as many months, New York Life Insurance is notifying customers of a data breach. In the newest incident, a laptop containing unencrypted customer information was stolen from an employee’s vehicle in a “smash and grab.” In a somewhat unusual notification [pdf] to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, NY Life…

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Texas AG announces settlement with Cornerstone Fitness

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Dissent

As a follow-up on a breach previously reported here, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced that the state has reached an agreement with Cornerstone Fitness, L.L.C. that requires the fitness center to better protect its customers’ personal information. In February, the Attorney General charged Cornerstone with violating a Texas law that governs the disposal of…

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Bits ‘n Pieces

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Dissent

Alpha Daye Bah was arrested last week on charges that he stole at least 20 customers’ data from an unnamed restaurant and passed it to co-conspirators. More. Jason Reed and Derek Edwards were arrested for conspiracy to commit identity theft. Following a — wait for it — traffic stop, the officers found stolen credit cards…

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Eight million gamers suffered from computer virus

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Dissent

A destructive computer virus invented by a group of 11 people stole and sold the personal details of more than eight million gamers, a Xuzhou court was told. The virus called Wenrou had attacked more than 1,200 websites, seriously damaged the operation of more than 40 online games and contributed to half of all thefts…

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Stolen IDs help man pay for penis and breast enlargements

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Dissent

A Philadelphia man who authorities say stole the identities of eight Lehigh Valley residents and racked up $88,000 of bills in their names — some of which was used to buy penis enlargements for him and a friend and breast implants for two women — has pleaded guilty to more than 40 crimes, according to…

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