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California Dept of Social Services notifying over 700,000 In-Home Supportive Services providers and recipients after payroll data lost in the mail

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Dissent

California Department of Social Services is notifying over 700,000 In-Home Supportive Services providers and recipients that their data may have been lost. An FAQ on the department’s web site explains that CDSS became aware of the breach on May 9. The information was in a package that was damaged in transit between a Hewlett Packard…

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UNC-Charlotte breach affects 350,000

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Dissent

Remember that breach that the University of North Carolina at Charlotte disclosed back in February?  Well, they’ve finally released some details and it’s a doozy. Chris Dyches reports: An investigation into the incident shows that financial account numbers and approximately 350,000 social security numbers were included among the exposed data. The exposure has been remediated, officials…

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Hackers Threaten University of Pittsburgh with Disclosure of Students’ Personal Info if Demands Are Not Met

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Dissent

Jacob Kleinman reports: Members of the hacktivist collective calling itself “Anonymous” are targeting the University of Pittsburgh, and threatening to release a wealth of private information regarding the school and its students, if the University does not “apologize to your students, law enforcement, and professors on your home page of your domain for a duration…

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Columbia U. notifies faculty and proprietors that their SSN and bank account numbers were exposed on the Internet for two years

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Dissent

A reader kindly alerted me to the fact that Columbia University sent out breach notices last week.   The letter, dated April 21, informed recipients that 3,000 current and former employees, as well as 500 sole proprietors had their names, addresses, Social Security numbers and bank account numbers exposed on the Internet. The  names of…

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UK: Axway provides statistics on complaints to the ICO

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Dissent

Axway issued a press release with some interesting statistics on complaints made to the Information Commissioner Office (ICO). They obtained the data under Freedom of Information requests. Here are some of the statistics they compiled: Since April 2010, 35%  of complaints to the ICO  involved disclosure of personal data and security breaches. This year alone,  the…

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Credit card fraud websites shut down on three continents

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Dissent

More shutdowns as law enforcement swoops in. Kevin Rawlinson reports: Three men have been arrested and 36 criminal websites selling credit card information and other personal data shut down as part of a two-year international anti-fraud operation, police have confirmed. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), working with the FBI and US Department of Justice,…

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