This may not be a good month to be an Oklahoman. First there was the report that an employee of the Employment Security Commission lost a flash drive, then there was the laptop stolen from a Dept. of Human Services employee’s car, and now we are learning that yet another laptop was stolen — this…
Category: Government Sector
(follow-up) Culpeper breach: no one’s responsible because it was a hack?
As a follow-up to the incident reported here, a Culpeper resident wrote a letter to the editor of their local paper that provides a bit more information on the breach and the position of the town in terms of its responsibility — or lack of responsibility — to provide any free credit monitoring. According to…
Feds: NYC Employee Stole Credit Card Info
The North Country Gazette reports that Evelyne Miracle, a former employee of the New York City Office of Vital Records has been arrested for stealing the credit card information of those who used credit cards to pay for copies of their birth certificates. The number of people victimized was not reported.
OH: Trash bins yield treasure trove for ID thieves
Paul Aker of The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Ohio Department of Public Safety is investigating how hundreds of documents containing names, Social Security numbers, drivers license numbers, and other personal information ended up in trash bins behind at least 10 state branches of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
OK: Personal Data Of 1M On Stolen DHS Laptop
Well, here’s a laptop theft that will probably cost more than $50,000….. KOCO reports that a laptop stolen from an employee’s vehicle on April 3 contained personal information of up to 1 million people. According to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services, the computer had names, Social Security numbers and birthdates of people who receive…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Former Army finance technician Reynaldo Jimenez pleaded guilty to charges arising out of his theft of identity information belonging to over 35 active duty United States military service members. More. Vickie Parks Sheppard pleaded guilty to conspiracy to fraudulently obtain identity and financial information from more than 50 victims by posing…