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Japanese court orders ISP to reveal file-leaker’s ID

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Dissent

From Daily Yomiuri Online: The Tokyo District Court has ordered an Internet service provider to reveal the name and address of a person who used file-swapping software to spread leaked private information on the Internet of about 110,000 Kanagawa prefectural high school students in fiscal 2006, it has been learned. IBM Japan Ltd., which had…

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WA: Contest winners’ data possibly compromised

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Dissent

Jesse Jones of King 5 News reports that a server containing personal information on winners of radio contests at Fisher Broadcasting was hacked. No additional details were provided, so if any reader has more info or a copy of the notification letter, please send it to breaches[at]databreaches.net

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Chicago Fire Department contractor’s laptop stolen (updated)

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Dissent

The Dezonia Group handles billing people for the Chicago Fire Department’s ambulance service. Dana Koslov of CBS in Chicago reports that the contractor reported that an employee’s laptop stolen six weeks ago contained the names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of thousands of people who used the ambulance service in the past two years. Update…

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Nature security breach prompts password reset

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Dissent

John Leyden of The Register reports: The website of science journal Nature has suffered a security breach that resulted in the potential exposure of users’ login credentials. The login credentials were stored in an encrypted form, making them hard to extract. But Nature.com has still opted to reset the passwords of affected users, as a…

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Bits ‘n Pieces

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Dissent

In the justice system: A string of identity thefts spanning seven states has resulted in the arrest of two suspects in Wisconsin. More. As a follow-up to a story reported previously, Scottsdale police arrested nine people who allegedly ran an ID theft ring that involved stealing customer data from local businesses including the Henry Brown…

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Sprint: Employee Stole Customer Data (updated)

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Dissent

Brian Krebs of Security Fix reports that Sprint  sent letters to several thousand customers  to inform them that a former employee sold or otherwise provided their account data without permission between December 2008 and January 2009. Updated Apr. 1: Sprint’s notification (pdf) to the NH Attorney General is now available online.

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