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Rogue Penn Mutual employee may have accessed and disclosed customer personal and financial information

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Dissent

Penn Mutual Life Insurance reports that a former employee may have accessed and disclosed customer information. Through their lawyers, Penn Mutual informed the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on February 1 that despite their forensic efforts, they were not able to determine definitively which customer accounts were improperly accessed, but they believe that the employee…

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Access privileges error on Chapman University file allowed viewing of file with sensitive student information

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Dissent

On February 15, officials at Chapman University were informed that a document that should have been secured was available to authorized logged in system users who were not authorized to see that document .  The university immediately secured the document by correcting the access privileges, and on February 22, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s…

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Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy and Credit Union Fraud

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Dissent

Darnell M. Barnwell, 25, of Norfolk, Va., pleaded guilty on March 4 in Norfolk federal court to conspiring to defraud the Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) and to committing credit union fraud. Barnwell faces a maximum penalty of 60 years in prison and a fine of $2,000,000.00 when he is sentenced on June 6, 2011….

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Hard drive containing personal information of some Western Michigan University students and faculty missing

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Dissent

Gabrielle Russon reports: A backup hard drive containing names and social security numbers of several hundred current and former students and faculty members is missing, Western Michigan University spokeswoman Cheryl Roland said Tuesday. The hard drive, which contained a WMU department’s academic records, was first noticed missing from an office desk on Jan. 25. Roland…

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Hard drive from Alaska Dept. of Education with 89,519 students’ information stolen

Posted on March 6, 2011 by Dissent

Reba Lean reports: The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development has warned school districts across the state that information on thousands of students, including some from Fairbanks, was contained on a computer hard drive stolen in Juneau. The department sent a letter to all school districts, including Fairbanks, alerting local officials to information breach….

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Tucson couple victimized by gas pump credit card scam

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Dissent

Jessica Chapin reports: A recent surge of card-skimming scams is still spreading through Tucson gas stations. Almost impossible to detect, thieves insert skimmers underneath the credit card swipe machines at a gas pump, taking information from anyone who pays outdoors. One couple learned the hard way how easily anyone can become a victim. […] Tucson…

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