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Computer equipment stolen from Dallas Police squad cars

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Dissent

I’m having one of those Yogi Berra “deja vu all over again” moments while reading this news report by Jon Nielsen in the Dallas Morning News: About $66,000 worth of computer equipment has been stolen from 10 decommissioned Dallas police squad cars, authorities said Thursday. The cars, all damaged in accidents, had been in the wrecking…

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(follow-up) Ca: Defence confirms breach of medical information of Forces personnel

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Dissent

Alison Auld of The Canadian Press provides an update to a breach previously mentioned on this blog: Defence officials are reviewing the medical records of several Forces personnel after an investigation showed their personal health information was mistakenly placed in a veteran’s military medical file. Maj. Cindy Tessier said the file belonging to navy veteran Wayne…

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(update) JP: MPD admits antiterror data leak

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Dissent

Japan has had a number of embarrassing data breaches involving the Winny file-sharing program. Will this turn out to be another one? The Metropolitan Police Department on Friday effectively admitted that some of its internal documents on investigations into international terrorism were leaked onto the Internet in late October. […] The MPD has been questioning…

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(follow-up) Massachusetts man pleads guilty to selling and using TSA employees’ identities

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Dissent

A Lynn man pleaded guilty in federal court today to selling and using the names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of Transportation Security Administration employees who worked at Logan Airport. Michael Debring, A/K/A Michael Washington, 49, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton to conspiracy, misrepresenting a Social Security number with…

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NYC: 15,000 Social security numbers stolen from state computers by subcontractor

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dissent

Thousands of Social Security numbers have been stolen from the computers of a New York state agency. The Social Security Administration in New York City says that the Social Security numbers were stolen by a subcontractor who was working in Office of Temporary Disability Assistance making computer infrastructure upgrades. The administration says, while performing the upgrades,…

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California public health dept. announces lost tape had medical and personal info on residents and workers

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Dissent

Wow – two state departments of public health reveal breaches in a 24-hour period?  First it was Connecticut, reported on this blog earlier today, and now California.  Here’s a statement from the California Department of Public Health: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has reported to state authorities that a missing magnetic tape, delivered from one…

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