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Taken to the Cleaners

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Dissent

Joan Goodchild reports: Earlier this month, CSO reported on a worldwide recall on several hardware-encrypted USB sticks from multiple vendors because they contain a flaw which could allow hackers to easily gain access to the sensitive information contained on the device. With the quality of security questionable in many USB drives, it would stand to…

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Ie: Data tape with bill details lost

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Dissent

A data tape containing information from 12,799 electricity bills has been lost. Old billing information, names and addresses are included on the record of payment demands produced on August 10 last year, NIE Energy said. It did not contain any banking details but the electricity company has written to customers. The latest loss follows a…

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MI: Theft of Goodwill safe raises identity theft concerns

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Dissent

In Kent County, the investigation continues into the theft of a safe from a Goodwill location in Kent County. This is a theft that Newschannel 3 first reported on in December. A man broke into a Goodwill store and stole a safe, but instead of money that thief got the names, addresses, dates of birth,…

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ExposeObama.com exposes personal info

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Dissent

Ken Thomas of The Associated Press reports: Credit card numbers and other personal information about more than a hundred contributors to a conservative Web site unexpectedly showed up by fax at a Democratic lawmaker’s office. Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., said over recent weeks his office has received 139 faxes from ExposeObama.com, a Web site run…

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UK: Action taken after tenants’ personal files go missing

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Dissent

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found the Orbit Heart of England Housing Association to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after 57 paper files containing personal data went missing during an office move. Forty-two of the files were recovered in full, but 15 which contain a significant amount of personal data relating…

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WA: Ex-charity worker charged with computer crime

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Dissent

Levi Pulkkinen reports that a disgruntled ex-employee is charged with computer sabotage: In charging documents, King County prosecutors contend Ricardo T. Valencia, 35, broke into the World Vision server system in the week preceding July 3. The malicious conduct, prosecutors allege, continued in the following weeks, ultimately costing the international children’s charity $12,500 in repairs….

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