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TX: Confidential tax documents litter neighborhood

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Dissent

Jonathan Betz of WFAA in Texas reports that a Fort Worth neighborhood was littered with dozens of tax documents containing names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers. Nearly all said they had their taxes prepared at a North Dallas tax service. An employee there told News 8 he was aware of the security breach, and blamed…

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Audit finds confidential data on NJ state computers sent to auction

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Dissent

Angela Delli Santi reports: Taxpayers’ Social Security numbers, confidential child abuse reports and personnel reviews of New Jersey workers nearly went to the highest bidder after the state sent surplus computers out for auction. Nearly 80 percent of surplus computers in a comptroller’s office sample had not been scrubbed of data before being shipped to…

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Access privileges error on Chapman University file allowed viewing of file with sensitive student information

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Dissent

On February 15, officials at Chapman University were informed that a document that should have been secured was available to authorized logged in system users who were not authorized to see that document .  The university immediately secured the document by correcting the access privileges, and on February 22, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s…

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MetLife fined and ordered to provide credit monitoring to consumers after breach

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Dissent

WREX follows up on a breach they exposed in January 2010: An insurance company faces a fine and other stipulations for improperly throwing away people’s private insurance documents in Loves Park.MetLife has been ordered to provide credit fraud protection for everyone affected by the mistake and has to pay a $75,000 fine to the State…

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Univ. of South Carolina warns 31,000 that personal info was exposed on the Web

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Dissent

Noelle Phillips reports: USC has experienced computer security breach that has exposed 31,000 people’s private information, including social security numbers, on the internet. The security breach was discovered in January on a computer server at USC Sumter, but it potentially affected faculty, staff, retirees and students throughout the university system’s eight campuses. “Letters went out…

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Kr: Customers’ Information of Five-Star Hotel Exposed on Google

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Dissent

As the issue of privacy continues to become an ever increasing cause of concern in this technological world the personal information of guests staying at a group of luxury hotels in Korea has been found on Google. According to media reports Friday, customers’ information at the Ambassador Hotel Group, including names, birth dates, e-mail addresses,…

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