MSNBC and NBC report: Utah officials said Thursday they had uncovered evidence that someone used a state employment database to help anti-immigration activists compile a list purporting to identify 1,300 illegal immigrants. Angie Welling, a spokeswoman for Gov. Gary R. Herbert, said the information in the list was “contained entirely in the Department of Workforce…
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MasterCard: Most banks agree to breach settlement
The Associated Press reports: MasterCard Inc. said Thursday nearly all of the banks with claims related to a 2008 data security breach have agreed to accept a settlement. The settlement, agreed to by MasterCard and credit card payment processor Heartland Payment Systems Inc., required at least 80 percent acceptance by MasterCard issuing banks. MasterCard said…
CA: Barstow dentist’s patients could be at risk of ID theft
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials are warning that patients of Dr. Thomas K. Lee’s dental office are at risk of having their personal information compromised. A tipster called the Sheriff’s Department on July 14 to advise deputies that boxes containing hundreds of personal records were left outside of Lee’s office. The dentist’s office is at…
(update 2) UT: List of alleged undocumented immigrants sparks state review
More on that strange story out of Utah with a list on 1300 allegedly illegal immigrants that was circulated to the media. Nate Carlisle and Julia Lyon report: Utah Gov. Gary Herbert wants to know whether any state employees helped create a list of 1,300 people an anonymous group has publicly accused of being undocumented…
Under the media radar: recently reported breaches
In a recent press release, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) pointed out that in some cases, we only find out about breaches because a state lists the reports it receives online. Some recent submissions to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office are a case in point. Although most of the breaches reported below would…
Oregon State U. notifies 34,000 of computer virus
Clearly Oregon State University does not pay enough attention to security bloggers who have derided such trite phrases as “in an abundance of caution.” Their press release from today: Oregon State University is notifying 34,000 current and former employees that a computer containing some of their personal information was recently infected by a virus, even…