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University of Delaware: 72,000 people affected by hack

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Dissent

6ABC News reports: The University of Delaware says the employee records of 72,000 people, which includes social security numbers, were breached by criminal hacking. In a letter dated Monday, the university officials said it experienced a cyber attack which targeted the personal records of both current and former employees, including student workers. The hack exploited…

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US Airways notifies employees of breach, but why the delay?

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Dissent

On July 18, US Airways sent some of its employees a letter informing them that, due to an error by Automatic Data Processing (ADP), their W-2 information was downloadable online by fellow employees. US Airways had been made aware of the problem on June 6, but offered no explanation as to why it took them…

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California Dept. of Consumer Affairs has a breach, but doesn’t notify those affected for 6 months?

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Dissent

Ouch. The California  Department of Consumer Affairs – Bureau of Automotive Repair  (“BAR”) learned that a service provider had a network intrusion breach  that gave someone access to bank account numbers and bank routing numbers belonging to the Smog Check stations licensed by the BAR. The breach reportedly occurred between May 2012 and March 2013,…

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Contractor’s “coding loophole” exposed Boston Teachers Union Health & Welfare Fund members’ SSN

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Dissent

A “coding loophole” by its contractor Classic  Administrative Services reportedly exposed  the names and Social Security numbers of 506 members of the Boston Teachers Union Health & Welfare Fund. The breach was discovered by a member doing a Google Search on April 4,  and the notification to those affected does not indicate for how long their data…

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FL: Teacher preparation data exposed online

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Dissent

Travis Pillow reports: Florida’s Education Commissioner is ordering a review of the state’s data security procedures after personal information for thousands of teachers-in-training was exposed on the Internet. The state Department of Education announced Saturday that personal information for about 47,000 participants in state teacher preparation programs was publicly available on the Internet for two…

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ADP “software code error” exposes Houston govt. employees’ info online

Posted on June 20, 2013 by Dissent

Cindy George reports: Technical issues encountered by the city of Houston’s payroll contractor could have potentially exposed personal information for nearly 5,000 local government workers, including more than 1,000 in the Houston Police Department. Widespread notice about the compromised data emerged on Wednesday when the Houston Police Officers’ Union posted a notice to members on its…

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