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More than 200 FFD workers warned personal info may be compromised

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Dissent

Minna Sugimoto reports: More than 200 Federal Fire Department workers are being advised to look for unusual activity on their bank accounts, after allegations that an employee wrongfully accessed their personal information. Navy officials in Hawaii launched an investigation after receiving an anonymous complaint that personal data was being compromised. Top brass at the Federal…

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(follow-up) Leak of Atlanta firefighter data due to filesharing

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Dissent

Some additional information on a leak involving personal information on some Atlanta firefighters suggests that the files wound up on the Internet due to a filesharing program. As interesting, some city officials first found out about the leak during a security workshop where a presenter used the data as an example of what you can…

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No Child Left Inside Site Shut Down; Investigation Pending

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Dissent

Amanda Falcone reports from Connecticut: The state Department of Environmental Protection has ordered its contractor to shut down nochildleftinside.org because someone hacked into the web site. The web site is associated with the state’s No Child Left Inside initiative, which was established to encourage families to enjoy the outdoors, and it is a place where…

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Atlanta investigates security breach

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Dissent

Eric Stirgus reports: Atlanta officials said Friday they are investigating how personal information of about 1,000 current and former city Fire Rescue employees found its way to the Internet. The information was used on a personal laptop and then accessed by another computer, city officials said in a news release. It included the names, addresses,…

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Computer Crooks Steal $100,000 from Ill. Town

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports on another municipality that has been victimized by cybercrooks: A rash of home foreclosures and abandoned dwellings had already taken its toll on the tax revenue for the Village of Summit, a town of 10,000 just outside Chicago. Then, in March, computer crooks broke into the town’s online bank account, making off…

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OH: Private papers found in trash

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Dissent

Ryan Gauthier reports: For several weeks, a mound of city documents containing Social Security numbers, phone numbers and carbon copies of checks filled a Dumpster at Smith Park, where they were accessible to anyone. The Journal received a tip that led to the discovery of countless junked records containing personal information for Middletown residents, along…

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