And as breaches go, this one isn’t a particularly huge one, either, but it cost an employee their job. Beth Adams reports: The Rochester Housing Authority says a security breach has caused the names and social security numbers of up to 180 residents to be compromised. RHA executive director Alex Castro says a housing specialist…
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FL: Fasano fires printing company over registration error
As breaches go, it’s not a huge one, but it cost one company a customer. Laura Kinsler reports: Tax Collector Mike Fasano has fired a printing contractor that mistakenly sent out nearly 2,000 auto vehicle registrations to Pasco County residents with the wrong personal information on them. Fasano said the vendor, CASS Data and Mailing…
ME: Washington county leaders looking into events surrounding leak of social security data
Mike DeSumma reports: Circumstances surrounding the leak of personnel data for dozens of current and former Washington county employees continues to dominate discussion here. County leaders say for a period of hours earlier this month the date of births and social security numbers for more than 50 workers were accidentally available for anyone to see on the…
MA: Records with private info about Quincy vets found on city streets
Dozens of old city records containing private information about local military veterans were strewn about a Quincy Center neighborhood Tuesday, blowing around in the wind and available for anyone to pick up and view. The records, some of which contained personal information for Quincy military veterans, such as Social Security numbers, bank account data, healthcare…
UT: Disbarred lawyer’s client files with personal information found in dumpster
Mike Anderson reports: David Shell is outraged. Files containing clients’ Social Security numbers and bank account information were found dumped outside the former office of Thomas Rasmussen near 4700 S. Highland Drive. One of those files contained Shell’s information. “I don’t believe it,” he said. “They should not be able to just take a receipt…
Student loan debt collector exposes thousands of students’ loan debts to others
If you fell behind in your student loan repayments to the U.S. Education Department, “Mike Doe” (not his real name) may know about it. He didn’t want to know, but a vendor for NCO Financial Systems, the collection agency contracted by USED, recently sent him other students’ loan repayment collection statements. The statements included the individuals’ names,…