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California DOJ notifies those affected by a hack of a retired agent’s email accounts

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Dissent

Have I mentioned how valuable it is when states post breach notices online?  A reader points me to a new addition to California’s security notices page from the DOJ’s Computer and Technology Crime High-Tech Response Team (C.A.T.C.H.). The incident they are reporting was a hack by those affiliated with Anonymous in 2011: In November 2011,…

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Il: Six indicted over Population Registry data theft

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Dissent

More on a breach previously mentioned on this blog last year. Joanna Parasczuk reports on the evolution of a data breach that started in 2006 as an insider breach and ultimately affected everyone in Israel, it seems: The Tel Aviv District Attorney has charged six people, including a computer programmer formerly employed as a Social…

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IA: Error in Warren County exposes thousands to possible ID theft

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Dissent

Lee Rood reports: The state on Friday notified about 3,000 Warren County residents that there was a slight chance that identity records may have been exposed after a December fire and waste-handling error two months later. The fire destroyed the Warren County-owned human services office in Indianola early on the morning of Dec. 4, 2011….

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York County knew of breach in August 2011 but is first notifying people now??

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Dissent

Yesterday I posted a hack to DataLossDB involving York County, SC based on a news report. Today, I saw another news report and that the first report had been updated. Significantly (to me, anyway), the first report now reads: County officials discovered the intrusion during routine maintenance on Aug. 29, 2011, he said. The server…

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California Dept of Social Services notifying over 700,000 In-Home Supportive Services providers and recipients after payroll data lost in the mail

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Dissent

California Department of Social Services is notifying over 700,000 In-Home Supportive Services providers and recipients that their data may have been lost. An FAQ on the department’s web site explains that CDSS became aware of the breach on May 9. The information was in a package that was damaged in transit between a Hewlett Packard…

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There are hacks, and then there are hacks: AntiSec exposes Lake County Sheriff’s Office operational manuals and information

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Dissent

In case you missed it when I posted it to DataLossDB.org, individuals who self-identy as associated with AntiSec hacked – and then dumped – a lot of sensitive files from the Lake County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. The hackers announced the hack on April 28 with a video and a listing of some data and…

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