Oh dear. Not realizing that a USB drive contained any personal information, an employee of Boston-based Wolf & Company mailed the drive back to their bookkeeper on March 11. Unfortunately, the envelope was damaged in mailing and the drive, which contained names and Social Security numbers in a QuikBook file, never arrived. No foul play is…
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MN: Fired Gov’t Worker Charged With Accessing Info On 800 Day Care Providers After She Was Fired
WCCO reports: A human services worker, fired for identity theft, has been charged with burglary and theft after returning to her former workplace, stealing office equipment and accessing the private information of almost 800 daycare providers, according to the Anoka County Attorney’s office. On the evening of July 9, 2013, 53-year-old Jan Michelle Gray gained…
North Dakota University System official: hackers did not gain access to files with personal information
Hannah Johnson reports: No files or personal information was compromised in the Feb. 7 North Dakota University System server breach, officials said at the State Board of Higher Education meeting Thursday. Lisa Feldner, the vice chancellor for IT and institutional research, said the breach did not gain access to ConnectND, which stores student records, or…
Possible data breach affects roughly 15K U. Wisconsin -Parkside students
Carey Docter reports: The University of Wisconsin-Parkside notified approximately 15,000 students on Thursday, March 27th of the potential exposure of personal data. Notifications were sent to the most recent email and U.S. mail addresses on file. The data that is potentially at risk includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and Social Security numbers of students who…
Criminal steals treasure trove of info on applicants to Nevada State Bar
Criminals who broke into a State Bar of Nevada storage facility stole confidential information on an undisclosed number of applicants for the state bar examination, putting an untold number at risk of identity theft. Those affected were notified by letter dated March 17 and offered free credit monitoring for a year:The notification was submitted to…
Email gaffe exposes Loyola Law School students’ info to others
ALLGov reports: The Financial Aid Office of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles inadvertently exposed the personal information of what may very well have been the school’s entire 395-member student body to 14 members of its May 2014 graduating class. Read more on AllGov The full text of the notification email was posted online last…