Jeff Overley of the Orange County Register reports that the state Department of Real Estate wants to suspend or revoke the license of mortgage broker Seaview Financial for dumping 24 cartons containing confidential and detailed financial records on 350 customers in an elementary school’s bins (see photos). The owner, Paul Henry Reed, had denied wrongdoing…
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Japanese court orders ISP to reveal file-leaker’s ID
From Daily Yomiuri Online: The Tokyo District Court has ordered an Internet service provider to reveal the name and address of a person who used file-swapping software to spread leaked private information on the Internet of about 110,000 Kanagawa prefectural high school students in fiscal 2006, it has been learned. IBM Japan Ltd., which had…
Chicago Fire Department contractor’s laptop stolen (updated)
The Dezonia Group handles billing people for the Chicago Fire Department’s ambulance service. Dana Koslov of CBS in Chicago reports that the contractor reported that an employee’s laptop stolen six weeks ago contained the names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of thousands of people who used the ambulance service in the past two years. Update…
Pentel online store hacked; customer credit card data accessed
Pentel customers who ordered online at www.pentelstore.com were recently notified that hackers accessed their personal information and credit card information. By letter dated March 3 to the New Hampshire Attorney General, the pen manufacturer reported (pdf) that on January 20, its web maintainer and server host notified them that between December 11, 2008, and January…
TX: Computers With NEISD Personal Information Stolen
Personal information, resumes, photos of students and other information was found on computers from the North East Independent School District that were scheduled for destruction, but ended up for sale online and in flea markets. District officials said the computers, including three computers and two hard drives obtained by KSAT 12 News, were sent to…
ID: Computer Disk with Personal Information of Site Employees Lost
Personal information for thousand of current and former Idaho National Laboratory employees may be at risk. The Department of Energy’s Office of Health, Safety and Security said a computer disk containing information like first and last name, date of birth and social security numbers, was lost during shipment on January 30. […] While in its…