Robb Hays reports: A large trash bag filled with copies of dozens of social security cards, bank records, birth certificates and other confidential documents was discovered by a passerby on a downtown Baton Rouge street and delivered to the 9NEWS I-TEAM. The paperwork appears to be connected to applicants for various forms of public assistance….
Category: Exposure
Kr: SK loses more customer information
Kim Mi-ju reports: Cell phone numbers of 38,000 users of a discontinued traffic information service run by an affiliate of SK Group were leaked online and the company said yesterday that it completely deleted related data on Sunday. According to sources, a real-time traffic information text message and Web site service Entrac, operated by SK…
Some Iowa inmates could have seen guards’ data
KGAN in Iowa reports: Starting a new program for inmates at an Iowa correctional facility could turn out to be a horrible deal for prison employees. Personal information about the guards may have made to the inmates. An unwanted letter in Saturday’s mail has Steve Gray worried about identity theft. “Name and social security number…
Yale notifies 43,000 that their Social Security Numbers were exposed (updated)
A Yale Alumnus posted the following: If you get an “oops” letter from Yale about your Social Security number having been compromised, you are not alone. University spokesman Tom Conroy provides the following statement: Yale University is notifying 43,000 individuals that a 1999 computer file containing their names and Social Security numbers was inadvertently made…
Ca: Personal data from mortgage broker found in garbage bin
Miranda Scotland reports: Construction workers found five boxes of files containing personal information in a garbage Tuesday in Edmonton. The files from a mortgage broker contained information such as social insurance numbers, credit card information and mortgage values, said Wayne Wood, spokesman for Alberta’s privacy commissioner which is investigating. There are a lot of people’s…
NCSU research info on Wilson students mistakenly put online
Data housed on a North Carolina State University computer server that contained private information for about 1,800 school children from Wilson and Richmond counties was mistakenly put online, officials said Tuesday. The data, which was gathered from 2003 to 2006 as part of a research study on classroom practices, includes names, Social Security numbers and…