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(Follow-up) AU: Bottle Domains dumped by auDA over security breach

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Dissent

Card Systems is frequently cited as an example of how costly a breach can be to a business, but in Australia, Bottle Domains may become a similar example. Following a breach that resulted in the theft of personal information on approximately 60,000 people that was put up for sale on the internet, the company has…

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Ca: Breach of Confidentiality?

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Dissent

saskatoonhomepage.ca reports that a man who bought surplus boxes from Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) discovered that the boxes were not empty. They contained some insurance files with personal information. The agency is investigating and the privacy commissioner has been notifed.

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Bits ‘n Pieces

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Dissent

In the justice system: Ashley Johnson was arrested in Memphis for trying to open a store account under a false name. When police searched her vehicle, they discovered cards in dozens of other identity cards. Johnson allegedly used names and identification numbers she found on employee applications that she took from trash containers behind such…

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UK: Second data blunder fear

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Dissent

It’s amazing what you don’t find when you finally get around to looking for it. In this story out of the UK, a local council brought in consultants after one data breach, only to discover that their potential problem was bigger than they thought: …. Charnwood Borough Council admitted it could not find nine missing…

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HK: Lost flash drive with patient data wasn’t password-protected

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Dissent

Adele Wong of The Standard reports that the Hospital Authority has been urged to improve security to avoid further losses of patients’ records following another incident involving a lost flash drive with unencrypted data. In this most recent incident, a physician from the obstetrics and gynecology department at United Christian Hospital misplaced a USB flash…

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Penn State reports second breach in 2009

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Dissent

Penn State does not seem to be having a great year in terms of data security and malware. Indeed, when I saw the newest incident in my newsreader, I skipped it at first, thinking it was a previously reported breach, but it’s not. On March 23, the University confirmed that 10,868 Social Security numbers in…

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