Dan Scanlan reports: At least 33 laptop computers and iPads were stolen in late July from the Wounded Warrior Project’s third-floor office at 4899 Belfort Road in Jacksonville. They may contain personal information on “some, but not all of our former employees,” according to a letter sent out Sept. 7 by Wounded Warrior Executive Director…
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ERIC attempts to purge research database of SSN and other PII
ERIC, a clearinghouse and database for education research articles, has this notice linked from their home page: Dear ERIC Community, In early August we discovered that sensitive personally identifiable information appeared in some full text documents contained in the ERIC collection. Specifically, social security numbers and other highly sensitive information were found in multiple documents…
Data Breach at New York Utility Prompts Enforcement Action and Industry-Wide Data Security Review
Boris Segalis and Nihar Shah provide some follow-up to a data security breach at New York State Electric & Gas and Rochester Gas and Electric that was disclosed in January. As I noted in July, regulators criticized NYSEG over the breach that had affected 1.8 million. Segalis and Shah write: The Commission subsequently issued an “Order Directing…
Boston Water and Sewer Commission warns of possible customer info leak
WCVB reports: Boston Water and Sewer Commission officials said customer information could have been leaked due to a missing hard drive. Officials said contractor Aclara Technologies notified them that a hard drive that could contain the Commission’s water and sewer account information is missing. Aclara was using the information to update the Commission’s remote meter…
Michele Bachmann sued by former aide who says campaign staff were ‘thieves who stole contact list’ (update1)
A campaign aide for former Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann sued the Minnesota congresswoman and her senior campaign aides on Monday, alleging an official stole a private email list and that she was blamed for its use. The lawsuit filed by Barb Heki claimed that Bachmann’s Iowa campaign chairman, state Senator Kent Sorenson, took the…
UK: Police arrest senior Sun journalist Nick Parker over ‘data taken from stolen mobiles’
Sam Marsden reports: The Sun’s chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker was arrested today by Scotland Yard detectives investigating the alleged harvesting of data from stolen mobile phones, sources said. Mr Parker, 51, was held on suspicion of handling stolen goods after he attended a central London police station by appointment at about 10am. He is…