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Encryption didn’t prevent this breach

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

A report to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office from ING gave me pause because I don’t remember ever seeing a security issue like this before in a breach report.  In their notification, ING writes (emphasis added by me): ReliaStar Life Insurance Company (RLIC) is responsible for premium administration for RLIC insurance products purchased by employees of…

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Stolen Trade Center Management Associates employee data triggered homeland security concerns

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

In June,  Trade Center Management Associates  in Washington, D.C. became aware that employee data had been stolen from a TCMA facility.   Employee information on the stolen equipment included names,  SSN, and in some cases, fingerprints.  Among those with data on the device were 284 Maryland residents. The TCMA  describes itself as a private sector…

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Update: State Farm employee was selling client data

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

I’ve previously noted that some state logs (like NYS’s) indicated that State Farm had reported some insider wrongdoing.  Their notification to Maryland, dated June 24,  provides additional details. According to their letter,  an employee of a Florida State Farm agent was discovered to be selling lists of customer information to a third party.   State Farm…

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Farmers Insurance agent takes 4 mos. to notify policyholders of data theft

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

Computers stolen from a California  agent of  Farmers Insurance on March 16 contained sensitive policyholder data, but the policyholders were not notified of theft until the end of July. According to a notification sent by Farmers Insurance to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office,  data on the stolen computers for an unspecified number of policyholders included…

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Update: ALDI breach potentially affects 8,000 in Maryland alone

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

Although ALDI has repeatedly said that the tampering of pin pads affected only a “limited number of stores” in their 1000+store chain, the number of customers affected continues to grow as new reports emerge. In a report to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office dated October 1,  Terry E. Pfortmiller, ALDI Vice-President of Finance and Administration,…

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Destination Hotels & Resorts update: hack may have occurred in 2009

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Dissent

Although Destination Hotels & Resorts never responded to my inquiry about how many guests were affected by a breach reported previously on this blog,  a notification their law firm  filed with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on July 20th indicated that 1,354 residents of Maryland were also affected by the hacking incident that occurred between…

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