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CO: Uncovering the Identity trade business

Posted on February 1, 2009 by Dissent

Deborah Sherman reports: When Brandon Michael rolled up a storage-unit door in Denver on New Year’s Day to sort through the contents he had just purchased at an auction, the young man expected to find the usual items he could later sell on Craigslist or eBay: tools, laptops and furniture. Instead, Michael discovered boxes, filing…

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TX: Identity thieves hit 3 S.A. hotels

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Dissent

Guillermo Contreras reports: The personal information of 17,000 people who stayed at San Antonio hotels has been compromised after someone stole stacks of credit card receipts and redistributed them. The still mushrooming identity-theft case is thought to be San Antonio’s largest. “Up to this point, we have recovered 1,500 (receipts), but we’re estimating 17,000 were…

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IN: HoneyBaked Ham customer data stolen

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Dissent

Erika D. Smith reports: Patrons of the HoneyBaked Ham store at 65th Street and Keystone Avenue might be at risk for identity theft if they shopped there in late December. The company said Friday that a computer server stocked with credit-card information was stolen from the 2431 E. 65th St. store on Dec. 24. The…

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Stolen Educational Testing Service laptop contained readers’ personal info

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Dissent

A laptop stolen from an employee’s desk in mid-December contained names and social security numbers of people employed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) as readers, according to a report filed (pdf) with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office this week. The laptop, which had been locked into its docking station, does not appear to have…

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UK: Hospital apology over laptop theft

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Dissent

The country’s leading children’s hospital has apologised after a laptop containing information on hundreds of young patients was stolen. The computer, which was taken from a “secure area” at Great Ormond Street Hospital, in London, contained information on 458 patients, including names and dates of birth. Read more – Press Association or BBC

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VA agrees to settle data theft lawsuit

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Dissent

The Associated Press is reporting: The Veterans Affairs Department has agreed to pay up to $20 million to veterans for exposing them to possible identity theft in 2006 after losing their sensitive personal information. In court filings Tuesday, lawyers for the VA and the veterans said they had reached agreement to settle the veterans’ lawsuit…

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