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U of C warns 5,000 patients of potential information breach

Posted on March 17, 2010 by Dissent

The University of Calgary is advising patients of its Sunridge Medical Clinic that their personal health information may have been compromised after several computer viruses infected one of the clinic’s computers. The University said Wednesday in a press release it sent letters to approximately 5,000 patients on March 15. The infected computer was used to…

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New reports of data breaches in Massachusetts

Posted on March 13, 2010 by Dissent

Reporters Gal Tziperman Lotan and Todd Wallack of The Boston Globe obtained breach reports submitted to Massachusetts. Three of the ones they mention have not been previously reported in the media or on this site, so here’s a brief roundup of incidents to add to databases: John Hancock Financial Services: reported that a partner could…

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St. Louis police say computer was attacked

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Dissent

B. Mayhall reports: 24 people may have had their personal information compromised following the cyber attack of one computer in the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, authorities said. The attack came through an e-mail in February. The department’s website was not attacked in any way, according to police spokeswoman Erica Van Ross. Read more in…

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Authorities bust 3 in infection of 13M computers (update 2)

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Dissent

Authorities have smashed one of the world’s biggest networks of virus-infected computers, a data vacuum that stole credit cards and online banking credentials from as many as 12.7 million poisoned PCs. The “botnet” of infected computers included PCs inside more than half of the Fortune 1,000 companies and more than 40 major banks, according to…

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Computer Breach At Southern Illinois University

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Dissent

Ryan Kruger reports: Nearly one thousand former SIU students are at risk for identity theft. University officials say an old computer in the math department was hit by a virus last month. That computer contained the names and social security numbers of 900 students who took a particular math class five years ago. SIU spokesman…

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Broad New Hacking Attack Detected

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Dissent

Siobhan Gorman reports: Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months in a coordinated global attack that exposed vast amounts of personal and corporate secrets to theft, according to a computer-security company that discovered the breach. The damage from the latest cyberattack…

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