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Mass. Eye and Ear Alerts Patients to Laptop Theft and Data Breach

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Dissent

On February 19, 2010, a laptop belonging to a physician affiliated with the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary was stolen while the physician was lecturing in South Korea. The laptop belonged to Dr. Robert Levine, a neurologist with a particular focus on ringing in the ears, or tinnitus. To date, Mass. Eye and Ear has…

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Cyberattack on Google Said to Hit Password System

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Dissent

John Markoff reports: Ever since Google disclosed in January that Internet intruders had stolen information from its computers, the exact nature and extent of the theft has been a closely guarded company secret. But a person with direct knowledge of the investigation now says that the losses included one of Google’s crown jewels, a password…

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Blood Bank’s computer stolen

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Dissent

Jim Mendoza reports: Honolulu police are on the lookout for thieves who stole a laptop computer from the Blood Bank of Hawaii that held personal information on nearly 40,000 deferred donors. The crime happened on March 29 at the organization’s Dillingham Donor Center. […] Information stored in one of the laptops included donors’ names, birth…

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Dumpster is no place for tax info…and yet

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Dissent

Tax season may be over but the headaches could just be starting for dozens of San Antonio residents whose personal info was discovered in a dumpster. KENS 5 discovered dozens of personal documents on the city’s North side. The information was discovered in a local dumpster, located outside a Rapid Return Tax business on the…

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Student data found exposed

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Dissent

A file containing sensitive student information was found by an Olympic College student unsecured on the OC intranet recently, but according to the Information Technology Department the problem has been fixed. Tom Jacobs, customer service manager for IT, said the file was secured “within minutes of finding the problem.” Jon Bowers, student body president, said…

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More than 100 report credit card fraud in Cedar Falls

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Dissent

Tina Hinz reports: Reports of credit card fraud keep rolling into the Cedar Falls police department. About 100 victims had come forward as of noon Wednesday, said Police Chief Jeff Olson. Many are from the Cedar Falls area. Illegal charges, ranging from less than $100 to more than $1,000, have popped up in multiple states,…

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