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Transcend Capital reports stolen laptop contained client data

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Dissent

Austin, Texas-based Transcend Capital reports that a laptop stolen from their Dallas branch contained customers’ names, account numbers, and in some cases, Social Security numbers. By letter dated November 11, Transcend notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that an employee breached policy by not ensuring that his work laptop was encrypted or locked when…

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TX: Teacher’s aide fired, NISD makes changes after alleged ID theft

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Dissent

Lauren Lea reports: Northside Independent School District fired an instructional assistant charged with identity theft, and the district is now making changes within.  25-year-old Jason Miller was let go Thursday, two days after his arrest. Inside Miller’s apartment, Live Oak Police found a stack of forms used to authorize criminal background checks for district volunteers…

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Extreme Pizza hacked again

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Dissent

Back in July, I blogged about pizza store chains being hacked.  One of them was Extreme Pizza, who had received reports of card fraud from 16 of their west coast franchises after a POS hack in August 2010.   Now they’re back in the news with reports of a more recent compromise affecting customers in…

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The College of New Jersey reports vulnerability might have exposed 12,815 student job applicants’ information

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Dissent

David Karas reports: Officials at The College of New Jersey this week reported an unintentional data breach in the On-Campus Student Employment System, an in-house system designed to store information about students applying for on-campus jobs. According to a notice sent to students and faculty Monday, a vulnerability in the system was identified Nov. 2…

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CO: Former police chief accused of ID theft

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Dissent

Associated Press reports: The former police chief in Platteville is accused of using Social Security numbers from fellow police officers to buy gas for his personal vehicle. Classy. Read more on The Gazette.

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Nelnet employee accused of misusing customer info

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Dissent

Federal prosecutors have charged a Nelnet [National Education Loan Network] employee with fraud after she allegedly used customers’ information to apply for personal loans. Jovita D. Benford, 23, of Lincoln was charged with unauthorized computer access Monday in U.S. District Court. A screen recording of her computer by Nelnet found she completed pre-paid credit card applications…

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