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Gambling site glitch leads to privacy breach for some users of online B.C. casino

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Dissent

The Canadian Press reports that the B.C. Lottery Corporation denies that there was any hacking involved in a breach that allowed some online gamblers access to others’ information: The Crown corporation added casino-style games such as blackjack and poker to its PlayNow.com site last week, and the service soon crashed as users choked the company’s…

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NDP: B.C.’s new online gambling website may have been hacked (updated)

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Dissent

Vivian Luk reports: British Columbians’ personal information may have been compromised when the government’s online gambling website, PlayNow.com, crashed last week, according to the New Democratic Party. PlayNow, the first government-sanctioned online casino in North America, was shut down only hours after it was launched last Thursday. The B.C Lottery Corp. said unexpectedly high traffic…

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MD: State employee posts nearly 3,000 SSNs online

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Dissent

Liz F. Kay reports: A Maryland Department of Human Resources employee was placed on administrative leave after posting the Social Security numbers and other personal information of nearly 3,000 clients of a state agency on a third-party website, a spokeswoman for the agency said. There’s no evidence that the information was used for identity theft,…

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FL: Thousands of personal record files dumped in recycling bin

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Dissent

By Lisa A. Davis and Neil Johnson report: On Sunday morning, Karen and Scott Keith made their monthly stop at the Land O’ Lakes Recycling center to drop off household recycling items. When they looked at the paper bin it was not only full to the point of pushing up the lid, it was practically…

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FL: Medical, credit files found in dumpster

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Dissent

Steve Gehlbach reports: They were tossed out with the trash. Dozens of boxes filled with personal records turned up Sunday night in an Orlando dumpster. […] Orlando Police are investigating where the documents came from and what, if any, crime was committed. Police say it was a cleaning man who put the old records in…

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CA: Barstow dentist’s patients could be at risk of ID theft

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Dissent

San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials are warning that patients of Dr. Thomas K. Lee’s dental office are at risk of having their personal information compromised. A tipster called the Sheriff’s Department on July 14 to advise deputies that boxes containing hundreds of personal records were left outside of Lee’s office. The dentist’s office is at…

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