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OH: Neighbors Worried About Identity Theft After Thousands Of Documents Dumped On Driveway

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Dissent

From 10TV: Residents living in a northeast Columbus neighborhood said that they are concerned after thousands of documents were dumped at the end of a driveway overnight. Residents said that they were worried about identity theft after people’s personal information was found in the pile in the driveway of a GreenStone Homes model home in…

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Stolen Monterey Institute of International Studies laptop contained students’ SSNs

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Dissent

Monterey Institute of International Studies, a graduate school at Middlebury College in California, has been notifying students whose unencrypted names and Social Security numbers were on a laptop stolen during a burglary at an employee’s home. The letter, dated October 3,  offers no explanation as to why the data weren’t encrypted, but offers those affected…

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NC: Laptops stolen from Robeson elections board contained personal info of 71,000 voters

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Dissent

Ali Rockett reports that 71,000 registered voters were notified by letter dated September 12 that five laptops containing their personal information were stolen from the Robeson County Board of Elections sometime between July 18 and September 4. The unencrypted laptops had been kept in a padlocked room, but were removed during a time that a…

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Ca: Criminals hack into high school computer system to access FBI, CIA

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Dissent

Hackers have been using a Bay Area school district’s computer system to try hack into top secret government agencies. Like all school districts, the San Mateo Union High School District is heavily computerized with general public access and password only access to many of its files, but the district discovered a security breach after receiving…

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U. of C. mistake reveals employee Social Security numbers

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Dissent

Jodi S. Cohen reports: The Social Security numbers of about 9,100 University of Chicago employees were printed on the outside of a postcard mailed earlier this week to faculty and staff, the university disclosed today. Read more on Chicago Tribune. Doesn’t anyone actually look at address labels for a mailing before it goes out? Sheesh….

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Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross recipients’ Social Security numbers exposed on contractor’s server

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Dissent

Joe Gould reports: A defense contractor’s data breach left vulnerable the Army’s most highly decorated soldiers when a comprehensive awards database — including Social Security numbers — was available online, Army Times has learned. The exposed database contains 31 Social Security numbers for six MoH recipients — including former Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta and Sgt….

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