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Sensitive personal information on 800,000 California residents lost between IBM and state office

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Dissent

Steven Harmon reports: In a puzzling breach of security, computer storage devices containing identification information of 800,000 Californians using the state’s child support services have gone missing. The Department of Child Support Service reported on Thursday the data devices were lost March 12 en route to California from the Colorado facilities of IBM, one of…

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UPDATE: Statement from ESingles about MilitarySingles.com

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Dissent

Today, a spokesperson for ESingles provided an update to the MilitarySingles.com breach report. Their statement is as follows: After a thorough investigation by our company programmers, it is our conclusion that our database was not hacked and that the claims of the Lulzsec group are completely false. Here are a couple points to note: 1….

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FTC releases proposed settlement order in RockYou breach; $250k fine for breaching COPPA

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Dissent

The RockYou breach, disclosed in December 2009, stands as the 10th largest breach on DataLossDB’s counter after 32 million login credentials were compromised. A civil suit, Claridge v. RockYou, is still unsettled, although a proposed settlement was submitted to the court in November 2011. Previous coverage on this breach can be found here. Now the FTC…

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MA: Property Management Firm to Pay $15,000 in Civil Penalties Following Data Breach – But Why?

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Dissent

A follow-up to a breach reported on this blog (but not in the mainstream media) in November 2011: A property management firm will pay $15,000 in civil penalties following the theft of a laptop containing the personal information of over 600 Massachusetts residents, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. “It is incredibly important that businesses…

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MilitarySingles.com hack exposes over 160,000 users’ information (updated to include ESingles denial of breach)

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Dissent

MilitarySingles.com has apparently been hacked. The hack was announced on Twitter earlier today by Operation Digiturk and a database of 163,792 names, usernames, e-mail addresses, IP addresses, and passwords has been dumped on the Internet.  The tweet was accompanied by the hashtags #anonymous #antisec #infosec I  don’t know if the site is aware of the hack and eSingles Inc.’s…

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Commentary: ACC caught out in another privacy breach

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Dissent

It just goes from bad to worse at ACC (the Accident Compensation Corporation), it seems.  I had previously noted reports of a serious breach involving thousands of individuals’ claims.  Since the initial reports, more details have emerged that have made waves, but this newest report will have some just wanting to shut ACC down altogether….

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