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Did password re-use contribute to fraudulent use of some Nordstrom customers’ online accounts? (updated)

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Dissent

Nordstrom, the  Seattle-based department store chain, recently notified 17 customers that their online accounts had been accessed, and in some cases, misused. The company says that it is not to blame, however,  for how the cybercriminals obtained the customers’ login email addresses and passwords. By letter dated September 3, Kim Dawson, Privacy Director for Nordstrom,…

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WI, TN: Up to 40,000 credit and debit cards exposed in data breach

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Dissent

Credit and debit cards used at Vacationland Vendors arcade games in Wisconsin Dells may be affected by a data breach. Vacationland Vendors, Inc., a supplier of arcade equipment and vending machines to businesses, announced Monday that up to 40,000 cards used  at its Wisconsin Dells and Sevierville, Tenn., arcades may have been exposed, according to…

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Florida sees explosion of tax fraud with data breaches fueling the crime

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Dissent

Elaine Silvestrini reports: Thousands of local homeowners who relied on a national alarm business to protect their homes from intruders became victims of identity theft perpetrated by at least one employee of another company that sold them the security system, police say. “I went to them for security and I felt violated,” said Marilyn Varriale,…

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OR: Security lapse exposes 62 ODOT employees’ personal information

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Dissent

Peter Wong reports: A breach in computer data security exposed personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, of 62 current and former employees and others working with environmental programs of the Oregon Department of Transportation. The agency announced the breach this morning. The breach was called to the agency’s attention two weeks ago by…

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TX: Methodist Hospital employee stole cancer patients’ information for payday loan fraud

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Dissent

Brian Rogers reports: An employee for Methodist Hospital in Houston is accused of stealing personal information from cancer and transplant patients for an identity theft scheme that paid for luxury cars and designer clothes. Shantel Moore, 29, is charged with organized criminal activity, a first-degree felony, for participating in a scam with her fiance, Antoine…

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Indiana University School of Medicine notifies patients of stolen laptop containing personal and medical information

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Dissent

WISH reports: The Indiana University School of Medicine is warning thousands of people that their medical records could have been breeched after someone stole a laptop back in August. The medical school reports the laptop, stolen Aug. 16, contained records of 3,192 individuals that included name, age, sex, diagnosis, medical record number and in 178…

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