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UTEP: Students Social Security Numbers May Have Been Visible In Mail

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Dissent

Jessica Molinar reports: If you’re a University of Texas at El Paso student, you’ve probably gotten a letter in the mail from the university saying your Social Security number was visible when your tax form was sent out. UTEP said they notified 15,000 students but they don’t know exactly how many students were affected. UTEP…

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Ceridian breach disclosure provides clear timeline

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Dissent

Ceridian’s notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is now available online (pdf). By letter from its attorney dated February 1, it summarizes the time line beginning with it first becoming aware on December 23 of a possible breach when its personnel spotted unusual activity that might indicate a problem. Further investigation indicated unauthorized…

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OH: Error circulates state workers’ bank data

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Dissent

Alan Johnson reports: Personal banking information for 6,000 state employees, including Gov. Ted Strickland, was inadvertently included in a Jan. 27 e-mail distributed to dozens of payroll officers of state agencies. Republicans are calling it a security breach, but the Strickland administration says it was simply a mistake that posed little, if any, risk. “This…

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(update) Ceridian computer glitch may have helped hacker

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Dissent

Steve Alexander reports: The hacker who stole information about 27,000 people from payroll processor Ceridian Corp. apparently had some inadvertent help from the company. According to one hacking victim, a Ceridian employee told him that his inactive, 10-year-old payroll data had been stolen because a Ceridian software glitch kept it in the company’s database long…

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(follow-up) Federal Office Offers $50,000 Reward for Missing External Drive

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Dissent

Hilton Collins reports: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is still on the lookout for a missing external drive containing copies of personal data — including Social Security numbers — of former Bill Clinton administration staffers and people who contacted or visited the White House during the Clinton era. One of former Vice President…

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WY: Kid Care CHIP Client Information Exposed Online

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Dissent

The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) announced today an error has lead to potential online exposure of personal information provided by clients and applicants of the Wyoming Kid Care CHIP program. WDH Information Technology was notified Thursday that personal information of Kid Care clients was improperly appearing in Google search results. Thirty seconds upon receiving…

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