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CA: State Assembly computer system breached

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Dissent

Associated Press reports: More than 50 employees of the state Assembly — including some lawmakers — have been warned that their personal information might have been obtained by a computer hacker. Legislative Counsel Diane Boyer-Vine, whose office oversees the Legislative Data Center, would not say how many lawmakers were affected. She said Friday that officials…

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NC: Guilford County Tax Office Leaks Taxpayers Data (Updated)

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Dissent

From WFMY News: Greensboro, NC– On September 9, 2011, Guilford County was notified of a Data Security Breach involving Tax Department files containing personal information accessible through the web. In a statement on its website Guiford County officials said: Data files of citizens for whom the Tax Department sought a garnishment or attachment between December 2010 and the date…

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NM: Schools take closer look at computer security

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Dissent

It’s nice to see some schools getting the message and being proactive on preventing ID theft or reducing the risk. Reyes Mata reports: To protect students from becoming part of an identity theft scam, schools in Las Cruces have responded to online security threats by no longer collecting Social Security numbers from students. “We used…

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CO: Aurora City Council members become victims of ID fraud

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Dissent

Carlos Illescas reports: At least five Aurora City Council members have had their identities stolen over the past few weeks, and police have opened an investigation to determine whether the cases are linked. Someone — armed only with the council members’ basic personal information — opened accounts in their names at a billing service for…

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Service Members’ Identities Stolen Via File-Sharing Used for Fraud

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Dissent

Lita Beck and Ken Kalthoff report: A California man who stole thousands of identities, including those of U.S. service members, was sentenced Thursday in Dallas to more than six years in federal prison. Rene Quimby, 42, pleaded guilty in May to one count of fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft in the case,…

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FL: Former employee convicted of stealing identity info of over 500 people from DCF computers for purposes of Medicare fraud

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Dissent

A jury returned a verdict of guilty on September 12, 2011 against Yenky Sanchez, 25, of Miami. Sanchez was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit authentication feature fraud, and ten counts of aggravated identity theft. The guilty verdict against Sanchez follows on the…

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