The Francis Howell School District [in Missouri] is warning employees that a laptop computer theft could have compromised personal information. District spokeswoman Jennifer Gasper said the computer could have contained names and Social Security numbers for 1,700 noncertified employees. Anyone who worked for the district from 2005 through 2008 could be affected, she said. Read…
Category: U.S.
Four million British IDs up for sale on the internet
The identities of more than four million Britons are being offered for sale on the internet, The Times has learnt. Highly sensitive financial information, including credit card details, bank account numbers, telephone numbers and even PINs are available to the highest bidder. […] The information being traded on the web has been intercepted by a…
Personal info found outside DPS building
Hundreds of documents containing names, birth dates, driver’s license numbers and some Social Security numbers were found Wednesday littering the driveway of Galveston’s vacant Department of Public Safety office. Until contacted by The Daily News, the state agency was unaware of the office cleaning mishap, which occurred sometime after Hurricane Ike’s Sept. 13 landfall flooded…
Oh look, a dumpster! Let’s throw the papers here…
In Charlotte, North Carolina, a pastor found hundreds of documents with personal information in a dumpster out behind his church. The paperwork included Social Security numbers, bank accounts and credit histories. The documents came from a home improvement company, the Home Solution Pros. Eyewitness News found the business has two office listings. Read more on…
UCSD cancer center health info breach
Thirty thousand patients at University of California, San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center have been notified of a hack last month that resulted in access to their protected health information. Read more from the Associated Press.
More breaches we didn’t read about
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office web site update reveals a number of breaches in the past few months that were never reported in the media. In addition to other news items reported earlier today on this site, here are some more newly revealed breaches: Pension Fund of the U.S.W.U. Local No. 74 reported that in…