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Redford USD Mail Error Exposes SSNs

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Dissent

Employees in the Redford Union School District noticed a problem Tuesday with a mailing they received telling them about a new dental coverage plan. The envelopes that contained the information had the employees’ social security numbers listed on the address labels, where the zip codes should have been…. The district said the dental coverage carrier,…

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TX Security Guard Arrested for Hacking Hospital

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Dissent

Jesse William McGraw of Arlington, Texas, a/k/a “GhostExodus,” “PhantomExodizzmo,” “Howard Daniel Bertin,” “Howard William McGraw,” and “Howard Rogers,” was arrested by FBI agents last Friday on federal felony charges related to hacking into a hospital’s computer system. According to a statement by James T. Jacks, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas,…

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Prescription Database Breach Could Cost Contractor

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Dissent

The hack of the Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program may have serious consequences for contractor Northrop Grumman. The company had received a 10-year $2.3 billion state contract to upgrade the state’s computer system. According to stories in the Washington Post and Daily Press, the state has had issues with Northrop Grumman over the past few years…

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CORRECTED STORY: Earlier CS Stars breach affected 722,000

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Dissent

[See correction at bottom of this post] Earlier this month, when CS Stars reported that a stolen hard drive contained claimants’ personal information, they indicated that although police had apprehended suspects in the case, the hard drive had not been recovered, and the total number of individuals with data on the stolen drive was not…

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Analysis of Savvis’ Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Dissent

David Navetta has written a clear and helpful analysis of Savvis’ motion to dismiss Merrick Bank’s lawsuit against Savvis, arising out of the CardSystems Solutions breach.

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UK: Nightwatchman left tax files centre open and unguarded while he sneaked off for a burger

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Dissent

Stephen Stewart of The Daily Record reports: A hungry security guard left highly sensitive files at risk while he went in search of a McDonald’s. The nightwatchman quit his post at the Customs centre in Dundee and propped open a door so he could get back into the building as he had no keys. […]…

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