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Baytown releases banking info for 10,000 by mistake

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Dissent

Baytown officials have notified 10,019 people cited by red light cameras that some of their personal banking information mistakenly was released to a resident who had filed a public information request about the controversial traffic program, Mayor Stephen DonCarlos said Monday. The mayor stressed the resident who received the information has deleted a spreadsheet —…

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Cardiff Council’s laptop thefts revealed

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Dissent

A councillor has criticised Cardiff council after discovering 22 laptops and seven computers have been stolen from civic offices in the last four years. Ramesh Patel said the revelation raised fears about the security of data held on computers in council buildings and the care that was taken with taxpayers’ cash. Read more in Wales…

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ID theft ring allegedly bribed DMV employees

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Dissent

Counter-terrorism investigators busted an alleged identity theft ring whose members are suspected of bribing Department of Motor Vehicles employees in Inglewood and several states to provide fake documents. Los Angeles police, the FBI, DMV and District Attorney’s Office teamed up to track a Pakistani woman and 13 alleged accomplices, the Los Angeles Times reported on…

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Brighton laptop stolen while IT engineer golfed

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Dissent

Anger is seething among several employees of the city of Brighton (Colorado) whose bank account numbers, social security numbers and addresses may have been compromised by the city’s lead IT engineer. Jeromy King was playing in a charity golf tournament Monday at the Ranch County Club in Westminster when someone apparently took a laptop computer…

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Too much personal data released

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Dissent

Personal information of almost 900 people was given to a public-housing resident [in Virginia] who requested a list of those who had been banned from Hampton Redevelopment and Housing Authority property. Hampton police and the housing authority maintain a list of people who have been banned by police from Section 8 and public-housing property in…

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Former NYC employee charged with bank fraud

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Dissent

Zena Johnson, a former Quality Control Coordinator at the New York City Department of Buildings, has been charged with bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud for her role in a scheme to steal bank account information provided to the Department of Buildings by individuals submitting permit renewals and alteration repair applications. Some of…

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