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WI: more Weather Shield tax fraud cases are expected

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Dissent

Since April 2011, I’ve been noting reports of ID theft involving employees of Weather Shield in Wisconsin.  Now more cases are being reported this month. A still unknown number of Weather Shield employees at the Ladysmith plant – seven on one day alone last week – have reported cases of federal fraud and identity theft…

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University of Florida notifies 719 individuals about privacy breach

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Dissent

From the University of Florida today: University of Florida officials are notifying 719 individuals who were owed a check or refund by the university that their Social Security numbers were exposed on Florida’s Unclaimed Property website. In July 2005, the university submitted its Annual Unclaimed Property Report to the Florida State Department of Financial Services…

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TN: Personal Information Found Dumped Behind Mo’ Money Taxes

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Dissent

Memphis police are investigating thousands of documents containing personal information in dumpsters at a Whitehaven area Mo’ Money Taxes business. Now the tax preparation business is the focus of a federal investigation by the IRS for identity theft. Officers were called to the embattles tax service’s location on the 4100-block of Elvis Presley on Monday,…

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Central Connecticut State University server infected with Z-Bot; over 18,000 notified of incident

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Dissent

A statement linked from CCSU’s home page, dated today: Central Connecticut State University officials have announced that a security breach in a CCSU Business Office computer exposed the Social Security Numbers of current and former faculty, staff, and student workers to potential misuse. James Estrada, the University’s Chief Information Officer, says the computer was infected…

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NC: Online security breach hits Charlotte college campus, officials warn

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Dissent

Chris Dyches reports: School officials say an online security breach has hit a Charlotte college campus and they are still trying to figure out how much information was potentially risked. According to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the breach hit the UNC-Charlotte campus and put information for students and staff at risk, they…

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Cyber thieves piggyback off Stratfor breach

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Dissent

Aliyah Sternstein reports: Hackers posing as officials from the geopolitical analysis publisher Stratfor are emailing infected links to government subscribers whose email addresses were stolen during an earlier raid on the company’s computers, Microsoft researchers say.  Read more on NextGov.

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