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Steamboat’s Ski Corp. accidentally releases employee data

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Dissent

Steamboat Today reports: Current and former Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. employees were notified by mail last week about the accidental release of personal information. According the letter, Ski Corp. officials learned July 13 that current and former employee W-2 information — including names, addresses, social security numbers and payroll information — was emailed to…

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Wisconsin Department of Revenue Inadvertently Posts Home Sellers’ Social Security Numbers Online

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Dissent

Janine Anderson reports: Personal, confidential information from more than 110,000 people who sold homes in 2011 was hidden inside a Wisconsin Department of Revenue report used by real estate and appraisal organizations. The DOR has ask those organizations to destroy and replace the report, which was posted online for download from April 5 to July…

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EPA security breach exposes personal information of 8,000 people

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Dissent

Jill R. Aitoro reports: A computer security breach at the Environmental Protection Agency exposed the Social Security numbers and banking information of nearly 8,000 people, most of them current employees, the EPA confirmed. The agency wouldn’t say whether the breach involved or affected any government contractors but told the Washington Business Journal in a statement…

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Yahoo Sued After Disclosure User Names, Passwords Stolen

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Dissent

Karen Gullo reports: Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), the operator of the biggest U.S. Web portal, was sued for negligence over its disclosure that as many as 450,000 user names and passwords were stolen from one of its sites. A Yahoo user who said his login credentials were posted online after a hacker infiltrated a company database…

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LA: Law firm’s files found under the interstate

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Dissent

If there’s one thing I really hate to see, it’s reports of confidential records blowing in the wind or exposed because medical professionals or lawyers haven’t taken proper steps to securely dispose of them. Here’s another lawyer one, from WAFB: Below the interstate at Dalrymple and along the sidewalk, there are documents strewn about with…

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TX: Tarleton State University officials investigate privacy breach

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Dissent

Micah Moore reports: Hundreds of Tarleton State University documents containing students’ personal information were scattered across the intersection of Washington and Lillian streets Tuesday afternoon breaching a federal law that is supposed to protect student records. The financial aid documents from 1997-98 contained the social security number, date of birth, federal PELL grant disbursements and…

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