Veronika Belenkaya of The NY Daily News reports that the law firm of Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon cleaned house by leaving six dumpsters stuffed with confidential case files out on the street. The firm represents clients such as Wells Fargo Bank, Papa John’s Pizza, and others in the banking and insurance industries. According…
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UK: HBOS postal error could breach data security law
Maryrose Fison of Citywire reports: HBOS has accidentally sent the details of a number of customers to a consumer who lodged a complaint. The bank sent an elderly customer what appears to be a screen shot from its customer relations department, giving the names of 11 customers and corresponding complaint numbers and dates.
WaMu Investments notifying some clients of missing documents
WaMu Investments is notifying 14 people in New Hampshire and an unknown number of residents of other states that personal documents containing their name, account number, address, estimated annual income and estimated net worth are missing. The documents were from 2001 and 2006. Source: letter to NH Attorney General (pdf).
OR: Sensitive Docs Found In Recycle Bin
KPTV reports that residents of the Spencer House Apartment Complex found hundreds of private documents unshredded in a recycling bin last week. The documents reportedly included Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, immigration numbers and names, bank statements and rental applications. Tualatin Valley Housing Partners said the company is investigating how the documents ended up…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Nakeshia Brown, a former patient care assistant at Memorial Hermann Hospital, is facing charges of identity theft and bank fraud for allegedly stealing patients’ info to use to open credit cards. More. In 2003, the hospital was also involved in data breach involving a dishonest employee who stole patient information and…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: As a follow-up to a breach covered on PogoWasRight.org last year, Anthony Wood, 45, a/k/a Anthony Bickerstaff, was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to pay $67,292 in restitution for using stolen personal information of customers at Commerce Bank in Mount Laurel. Co-defendants Jennifer Mullner, a former loan services…