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FL: Thousands of personal record files dumped in recycling bin

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Dissent

By Lisa A. Davis and Neil Johnson report: On Sunday morning, Karen and Scott Keith made their monthly stop at the Land O’ Lakes Recycling center to drop off household recycling items. When they looked at the paper bin it was not only full to the point of pushing up the lid, it was practically…

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FL: Medical, credit files found in dumpster

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Dissent

Steve Gehlbach reports: They were tossed out with the trash. Dozens of boxes filled with personal records turned up Sunday night in an Orlando dumpster. […] Orlando Police are investigating where the documents came from and what, if any, crime was committed. Police say it was a cleaning man who put the old records in…

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South Shore Hospital Breach Could Affect 800,000

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Dissent

South Shore Hospital today reported that back-up computer files containing personal, health and financial information may have been lost by a professional data management company. The hospital had engaged the company to destroy the files because they were in a format the hospital no longer uses. The hospital has no evidence that information on the…

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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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