Kathryn Marchocki reports that the New Hampshire Employment Security experienced a “software glitch” that resulted in 2,700 people collecting unemployment benefits having their personal information – including SSN – accidentally mailed to employers for whom they never worked. You can read more on The Nashua Telegraph if you have a subscription. I do not see any notice up on…
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CO: 140-count grand jury indictment dismantles ID theft ring in Jefferson County
The Denver Channel reports on an ID theft ring: A Jefferson County grand jury has returned a 165-count indictment against a suspected ID theft ring that operated for six months in 2013. According to the indictment, members of the nine-member enterprise obtained personal and financial information of people and businesses and used this information to…
TX: Thief steals equipment, birth certificates from youth football team
Cory Smith reports: A youth football team from Dallas was celebrating its victory in a weekend tournament Sunday when a thief broke into their van in San Antonio. […] The thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment and electronics. The players’ birth certificates were also stolen. “That’s what we’re most worried about, the birth certificates,”…
Ca: Privacy breach at city hall
Andrew Peplowski reports: Montreal police say officers had good intentions when they required city hall visitors to provide their names, dates-of-birth and driver’s license numbers on Tuesday evening. But they never should have left the sheets of paper, with all that information, behind at the end of the evening. A reporter from the Journal de…
Personal information for hundreds of people exposed after break in at apartment office
Jennifer Bauer reports: The personal information of hundreds of renters was exposed after crooks broke into an apartment complex front office. The break-in happened at the Carrington of Champion Forest apartments in the 13000 block of Cutten Road back in August but one family told Local 2 they are still dealing with the fallout several…
Connecticut Department of Labor confirms privacy breach; 64 individuals’ details exposed
WTNH reports: Ohan Karagozian is a licensed optician who says he filed a claim with the Connecticut Department of Labor for help in getting some back wages from a former employer. He says what he got back in the mail from the department shocked him. “I started looking through the folders and I did not…