Jessica Willey reports: It is information no one would want scattered on papers in a parking lot, much less thrown away in a dumpster for anyone to find. Medical records were found behind a 99 Cents store in southwest Houston putting people’s identities at risk. “This has got Social Security numbers, Medicare numbers. That’s pretty…
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OH: ID-theft protection extended to more school employees
Jennifer Smith Richards reports: Roughly 800 Columbus schools employees are being offered free credit monitoring services, just in case their information was compromised, the district said today. A computer printout with at least 50 employees’ personal information, including Social Security numbers, was found during a police raid on an East Side home Saturday. Until this…
Innodata Isogen employee data on stolen laptop
Another day, another laptop stolen from an employee’s vehicle. This time, it was Innodata Isogen, who informed the New Hampshire Attorney General that on December 23, a laptop and benefit plan enrollment sheets were stolen from an employee’s car in Wayne, New Jersey. The laptop and benefit plan enrollment sheets contained personal information such as…
OH: CCS Employees’ Personal Info Found During Police Raid
Columbus City Schools experienced a security breach, resulting in employees’ Social Security numbers being at risk. A raid conducted by Columbus police Thursday turned up the Social Security numbers of 80 to 100 CCS employees, NBC 4‘s Lauren Diedrich reported. The information was part of a mailing that appears to have been intercepted while en…
GA: Personal Documents Found Stashed Behind Coweta Co. Store
More than a week after a Circuit City store closed its doors, employees found personal documents stashed behind the building. Investigators were trying to determine if anyone else saw the customers’ information. The accompanying video indicates that there were “boxes and boxes” of service contract papers that contained customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, type of…
JP: Info on 110,000 students leaked
Personal information containing names, addresses, telephone numbers and bank account numbers used for paying tuition on all 110,000 students enrolled in Kanagawa prefectural senior high schools in fiscal 2006 was leaked–and remains–on the Internet because the involved parties have been unable to get it removed. Last September, the board of education received a fax from…