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(follow-up) CT: Two students arrested for hacking into school computer system to change grades

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Dissent

Macklin Reid reports: Police have arrested two students for breaching the security of Ridgefield High School’s computer system in June, with a goal of altering grades. The students were charged with theft of computer services in the third degree and first degree criminal mischief. Police described the students as 16-year-old males, but did not release…

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CT: Laptop stolen from Dept. of Labor

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Dissent

Leanne Gendreau reports: A laptop containing confidential information about unemployment insurance claims with wage discrepancy complaints and some Bridgeport area employers was stolen this week and state police are investigating. The state Department of Labor is notifying about 5,000 people and employers by mail. The laptop was taken during a recent break-in at the Department…

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IA: Buena Vista University reveals data breach (update 1)

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Dissent

Buena Vista University has had a data breach on campus. We engaged a nationally-recognized computer forensics team to conduct an investigation and learned someone gained unauthorized access to a BVU database. The information that this person could have accessed includes names, Social Security numbers and some driver’s license numbers of BVU students (applicants, former and…

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(follow-up) TN: BlueCross completes analysis of data theft

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Dissent

Emily Bregel reports: BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has wrapped up its assessment of customer data that was stolen in an October 2009 robbery of its abandoned Eastgate Town Center office. The state’s largest health insurer has concluded that nearly 1 million BlueCross members were affected by the theft, the same number stated in an earlier…

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CA: Tax Preparer Accused of Ripping Off Identities of Customers

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Dissent

A tax preparer accused of using the names and Social Security numbers of current and former clients to file false tax returns to obtain refunds was arraigned Thursday on multiple federal charges. A 34-count indictment alleges Neil A. Thomsen, 62, used his Internal Revenue Service electronic filing number to set up accounts with two banks…

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Prince William County: Stolen Blackberry Contained Protected Health Information of 669 County Residents

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Dissent

Overnight, between June 18 and June 19, 2010, a Prince William County employee with the Intellectual Disabilities Case Management (IDCM) Program had a government-issued Blackberry stolen from the employee’s locked vehicle, which was parked in the driveway of the employee’s home. Saved onto the Blackberry’s hard drive along with some case files was the full…

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