Ashley Southall reports: Federal workers at the General Services Administration are on alert against identity theft after an employee sent the names and Social Security numbers of the agency’s entire staff to a private e-mail address.The agency, which manages federal property, employs more than 12,000 people. Officials apologized to employees for the incident in a letter dated…
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IN: Salvager finds personnel files in trash
Phil Sanchez reports: He thought it was trash, but it turned out to be a whole lot more.A file cabinet filled with dozens of files containing people’s personal information was dumped in a dumpster behind a Shelbyville gas station. A teenager found it last week. His father called police and 24-Hour News 8. “It’s metal,…
State Department official admits looking at passport files for more than 500 celebrities
Nedra Pickler of The Associated Press reports: A passport specialist curious about celebrities has admitted she looked into the confidential files of more than 500 famous Americans without authorization. Brooke Reyna pleaded guilty in federal court in Conord, N.H., to lying to investigators when confronted. The files contain photos and personal information and are protected by…
Laptop stolen from Bare Escentual employee puts employee data at risk
Bare Escentuals of San Francisco has been notifying some current and former employees this week that a laptop stolen from an employee contained their names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, and some salary information. By letter dated Nov. 1 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, the firm said that they had “recently” become aware of…
AFTRA notice of breach involving web site “Join Online”
IDG news reporter Bob McMillan kindly points us all to this September 29 notice on the web site of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA): Please be advised that on Sept. 29, AFTRA learned that computer hackers unlawfully accessed the Join Online portion of the AFTRA website at AFTRA.com. The hackers either…
BCBS of Tennessee provides update on breach involving stolen hard drives
Approximately one year after the theft of 57 hard drives containing member data from a leased facility in Chattanooga, BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee provided an update on the breach to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. BCBS had assigned the affected individuals to one of three “tiers.” Tier 1 included those whose Social Security…