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…
Category: Paper
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…
TX: Investigation reveals student records from Whitehouse ISD stolen from Louisiana archival service
Ashley Slayton reports: The FBI is investigating a theft of student records at Whitehouse Independent School District. Read more on KLTV A statement prominently linked from the district’s homepage says, in part: PRESS RELEASE: ATTENTION TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2011 AND CLASS OF 2012 Whitehouse Independent School District has received notification from…
Shorter University responds to theft of records of former student athletes
This item is from late September. Jeremy Stewart reported: Shorter University is reviewing security protocol after a group of files containing students’ personal information was removed from a campus building. A letter obtained by the Rome News-Tribune was sent out to former student-athletes by Shorter Vice President for Finance and CFO Susan Zeird urging them to…
TX: Security Breach At Euless Mattress Firm
Bud Gillett reports: A CBS 11 News viewer tipped us off to a breach of security at a local business that can put customers’ private financial information at risk. The viewer told CBS 11 News he took the photos at the dumpster behind a Mattress Firm store at the southwest corner of Glade Road and…
Paper, paper, everywhere….
The Associated Press reports that two women were arrested in Round Rock, Texas after they were found going through the trash behind an Extended Stay America hotel, allegedly to find information that could be used for identity theft and fraudulent purposes. KEYE TV reports that in this case, it may not have been the trash that posed a risk…