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UW-Milwaukee breach includes 75,000 names, Social Security numbers (updated)

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Dissent

A computer security breach at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee may have exposed the names and Social Security numbers of about 75,000 people associated with the school. The incident primarily affected current and former employees and students. The university said in a press release that it is sending letters to those who may be affected. […] University technology…

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Cal Poly has data gaffe

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Dissent

Monica Rodriguez reports: POMONA – Cal Poly Pomona has mailed letters to 38 past and present faculty members notifying them that their personal data was accessible by people within the College of Business Administration.The letters were mailed Monday, university spokesman Tim Lynch said. Instruction and Information Technology personnel have determined the data – names and…

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(update) Texan gets 4 years for restaurant-related fraud

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Dissent

This is a follow-up to a breach previously covered on this blog in December 2010. Associated Press reports: An East Texas man has been sentenced to four years in prison over credit card numbers scammed from a restaurant and the Internet. The U.S. attorney’s office says 26-year-old Christopher Michael of Malakoff pleaded guilty in May…

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WA: Information breach discovered in 4,000 child-support cases

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Dissent

Vanessa Ho reports: The state Department of Social and Health Services said Tuesday it had wrongly disclosed addresses in nearly 4,000 child-support cases. The department said a coding error had caused the mistake, in which medical enrollment forms with the addresses of custodial parents were sent to non-custodial parents. The state considers such information confidential….

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Update: UNC-Chapel Hill Police arrest suspect in theft of student records

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Dissent

There’s been an arrest in the case of the recent break in at a University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill office where 30 students’ records held by the Honor Court were stolen. NewsObserver.com reports: Garrett Lee Haywood, 22, of Chapel Hill, was arrested today on charges of breaking-and-entering, larceny and possession of stolen goods. Haywood was…

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VA: Norfolk McDonald’s cashier admits stealing card data

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Dissent

Tim McGlone reports: When Sophia Jacobs worked the drive-thru at the Norfolk Naval Station McDonald’s, she swiped hundreds of customers’ credit or debit cards twice – once through the register and again through a skimmer. She and her friends then went on a shopping spree with those card numbers to the tune of about $50,000,…

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