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State Department official admits looking at passport files for more than 500 celebrities

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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Laptop stolen from Bare Escentual employee puts employee data at risk

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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AFTRA notice of breach involving web site “Join Online”

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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BCBS of Tennessee provides update on breach involving stolen hard drives

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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(update) Capitol Hill credit card fraud victim total nears 100, investigators suspect sniffers

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Dissent

jseattle provides the latest update on a string of fraud reports As we were first to report that a Secret Service electronic crimes task force has made a major break in its investigation of a wave of credit card fraud emanating from Capitol Hill, reports of fraudulent charges continue to pile up. More than 40…

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NJ: Private Seton Hall University student data exposed in e-mail

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Dissent

Personal information of 1,500 seniors – contained in an e-mail attachment – was accidentally sent to 400 students on Tuesday. The e-mail attachment, which was an Excel spreadsheet, listed the students’ names, home addresses, e-mail addresses, student identification numbers, majors, credit hours and grade point averages, according to a “Security Incident” e-mail sent Tuesday evening…

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