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MasterCard: Most banks agree to breach settlement

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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CA: Barstow dentist’s patients could be at risk of ID theft

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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(update 2) UT: List of alleged undocumented immigrants sparks state review

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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Under the media radar: recently reported breaches

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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Oregon State U. notifies 34,000 of computer virus

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Dissent

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…

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(update) Conn. AG wants teachers board to explain lost data

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports: Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says the state Teachers’ Retirement Board owes its members identity theft protection and an explanation after waiting six months to inform them of a lost flash drive containing retirement data. Blumenthal said Wednesday he is urging the board to give more than 58,000 members identity theft…

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