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Maine breach reports obtained by DataBreaches.net

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Dissent

To follow up on my curiosity about what kind of year 2010 is turning out to be, I decided to use a primary source. Thanks to the cooperation of officials in Maine who responded promptly to my requests under Freedom of Information, I was able to obtain data on all breaches reported to them for…

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Hackers find a new target in payroll processing

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Dissent

Oh ho…. this explains the confusion created by a recent breach report by Regeneron to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. I had been wondering why Regeneron was claiming that they had first found out about a breach involving Ceridian in June when Ceridian had claimed back in February that everyone was notified. I had…

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MA: Rockland town employees’ old payroll info scattered in street

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Dissent

Not a good day to be a public employee in Massachusetts, it seems. Here’s the second breach report of the day, this one by John P. Kelly: An unknown number of canceled checks bearing Social Security and bank account numbers of Rockland town employees are missing after wind knocked them from a loaded recycling truck….

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MA: Hingham to inform 1,300 employees of compromised personal data

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Dissent

Molly A. K. Connors reports: More than two weeks after a Hingham official inadvertently sent dozens of people a document containing the names and Social Security numbers of everyone who worked for the town last year, town officials said they will notify the 1,300 employees of the breach Wednesday afternoon through e-mail and first class…

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When the road to ID theft is paved with good intentions

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Dissent

Nancy Amons reports that some Nashville, Tennessee flood victims discovered that their personal information was publicly available online after they submitted documentation such as canceled checks and other sensitive information online to obtain property tax relief. It seems that the Metro Assessor of Property had tried to make things easier for people to upload documentation…

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Recent computer thefts at Montefiore affected 39,000

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Dissent

As a brief update on the Montefiore Medical Center breaches reported previously: According to a hospital spokesperson with whom I spoke today, the Finance Department theft affected 16,000 patients, while the School Health Program theft affected 23,000 students and their families. No arrest has been made in either case yet. The hospital declined to be…

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