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Confidential prisoner records found discarded in dumpster

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Dissent

Karen Velie reports that a homeless couple searching through trash discovered a box of California Men’s Colony (CMC) prisoner files: The files contained the inmates’ past criminal history, psychological evaluations, social security numbers, reports about their behavior in prison and reports regarding their relationships with their families. Each of the eight files describe an inmate who…

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Open slather for hackers on official databases

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Dissent

Brian Robins follows up on the NSW Auditor-General’s report, released yesterday: Computer hackers could gain access to personal information held in government databases as state departments routinely ignore government edicts that tighter security be imposed. The government rarely discloses when its computer security systems have been breached, although in a report yesterday, the NSW Auditor-General,…

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WI: Former Adecco employee implicated in ID thefts of Milwaukee County workers

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Dissent

A former contracted employee for the Milwaukee County human resources department faces an identify theft charge – and so does her boyfriend. 26-year-old Starlita Sims and 25-year-old Christopher Lee Jackson are each charged with one felony count. But Sheriff David Clarke said Monday that the couple is suspected of stealing the identities of over 30…

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IE: HSE ‘rocked’ by security breach on 1,500 patient records

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Dissent

Roisin Burke reports: Hundreds of patient records were seriously compromised by a major security breach at the HSE, the Sunday Independent has learned. The 1,500 sensitive health records were removed from a Dublin office and emailed to an outside organisation. A private IT contractor, who was being overseen by a HSE staff member, downloaded the…

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VA: 35,000 residents’ SSNs compromised when Accomack County laptop stolen on employee’s vacation to Vegas

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Dissent

We all know how I love reporting on laptops stolen from cars because it’s just such an unusual thing and no one could have possibly foreseen it, right? Ted Shockley reports: An Accomack employee had a county-owned laptop computer stolen while on a personal vacation to Las Vegas, and with it the names and Social…

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Error by Veterans Affairs vendor exposed 3,936 veterans’ SSN in mailing

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Dissent

In its most recent report to Congress, the Veterans Affairs Department reported that on August 25,  6,299 out of the 69,366  “Benefit Summary” letters intended for veterans and non-veterans in  Massachusetts were mailed to incorrect addresses. The letters contained the veterans’ and non-veterans’ benefit information including  their claim number, which, in some instances,  was the…

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