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Former employee of contractor obtained Baltimore County workers’ personal data

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Dissent

Alison Knezevich reports: Baltimore County authorities say they found Social Security numbers and other personal information from more than 12,000 current and former county workers on the computer of a man who used to work for a county information-technology contractor. The man is in custody in another state and is to be extradited to Maryland to face charges in an unrelated…

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Online security breach at SAH disgruntles many job seekers

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Dissent

Darren Taylor reports: A SooToday.com reader has informed us that he has been the target of unsolicited emails, texts and telemarketing calls, and claims this is the result of a mishap involving the Sault Area Hospital (SAH) website’s online job application system. The reader was notified by SAH in a letter dated October 24, 2013…

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The Fisherman’s Restaurant notifies employees after contractor error results in their data being transmitted to another restaurant

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Dissent

Back in 2009, I reported on some hacks in the hospitality sector involving Radiant Systems’ point of sale technology and one of their distributors in Louisiana. But it was their back office technology service that was involved in a breach recently disclosed by The Fisherman’s Restaurant to its employees. By letter dated October 8th signed…

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Panasonic UK signs undertaking following theft of laptop with unencrypted personal information from third party contractor

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Dissent

Panasonic UK has signed an Undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) following the theft of an unencrypted laptop containing personal data relating to people who had attended a hospitality event run by a third party company on Panasonic’s behalf. The incident is a good reminder that your contracts with business associates or vendors need…

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Man charged in TSYS identity theft violated computer policy at Paragon Benefits

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Dissent

“If you see something, say something” paid off in this case.  Adam Carlson reports: A week after he was placed at Paragon Benefits Inc. by a temporary staffing agency, Drew Johnson appeared to be spending more time on his computer than his duties required before personal information from more than 5,200 TSYS employees was sent…

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Third-party vendor sends UVa emails to wrong addresses

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Dissent

Even when you don’t disclose personal information, you may get a bad reputation if your vendor sends email to the wrong parties, as this incident suggests: An email intended for applicants to a new online program at the University of Virginia instead was sent by a third-party vendor to a marketing list of people with…

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