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Cherokee Church GA: Computer Stolen Just Feet Away From Pre-School Class

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Dissent

Members of a Cherokee County church [the Woodstock Presbyterian Church] are furious someone would slip inside their building just feet from a pre-school class and steal a laptop. Church leaders said they worry some members could become victims on identity theft and the church’s bank accounts are vulnerable. […] But it’s more than just hurt…

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WI: Thief unsuccessful in hacking stolen city laptop

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Dissent

Signe Brewster reports: The Madison Police Department announced Monday that no sensitive information was accessed on a laptop computer stolen from an office in the City-County Building Friday. The results of forensic tests performed on the recovered laptop showed multiple unsuccessful attempts were made to log into the computer, which contained 300 to 500 employee…

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WI: Personal data was stored on laptop swiped from Madison city hall

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Dissent

Dean Mosiman reports: Madison officials and employees are complaining that Social Security numbers were stored on a laptop computer stolen from a city office Friday. The laptop was recovered this morning, but it’s unclear if sensitive information was stolen. Any official or employee — except those in the police, fire and transit departments — who…

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UK: MoD admits 440 computer data devices have been lost or stolen

Posted on January 26, 2009 by Dissent

Ian Bruce reports: The Ministry of Defence admitted yesterday that 217 of its laptops, 47 desk-top computers, 80 hard drives and 96 memory sticks were lost or stolen during 2008, despite a high-profile security crackdown launched last summer. The latest figures mean more than 1640 of the department’s computers and other information devices have gone…

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MD: Man, 53, gets 11 years in identity theft scheme

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Dissent

Tricia Bishop reports: A 53-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison Friday for his role in an identity theft and mail fraud scheme that affected more than 250 victims and lasted nearly 30 years, the Maryland U.S. attorney’s office said. According to the plea agreement, Loquann Johnson and his co-conspirators targeted…

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UK: Patient records on stolen laptop

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Dissent

An NHS trust serving people across south Wales has been criticised after a laptop with details of about 5,000 patients were stolen. Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust was found to have breached data protection laws. The computer, which had patient medical records on it which were not encrypted, was stolen from an unlocked office….

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