On February 19, the National Center for Children and Families was alerted that some foster children’s personal information including Social Security numbers was exposed on the internet. An investigator hired by the agency tracked down the source of the breach: a family member of a former employee had inadvertently exposed the files via file-sharing software….
Category: U.S.
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Susan Shaw has been charged with multiple counts of theft and identity theft. Investigators say she gained access to a financial database and that there are at least 11 victims. More. Mark Pinella, owner of Dino’s Pizza in Fayetteville, has been charged with multiple counts of ID theft for skimming his…
UC Berkeley breach affects 160,000
Matt Krupnick of Contra Costa Times reports that hackers may have stolen personal information from a decade’s worth of current and former UC Berkeley students. Those affected include about 3,400 Mills College students who used or were eligible for UC Berkeley medical services. health insurance. Henry K. Lee of The San Francisco Chronicle adds that…
NY: Law firm’s clients’ files left in dumpsters on NYC street
Veronika Belenkaya of The NY Daily News reports that the law firm of Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon cleaned house by leaving six dumpsters stuffed with confidential case files out on the street. The firm represents clients such as Wells Fargo Bank, Papa John’s Pizza, and others in the banking and insurance industries. According…
E.U. to Consider More Stringent Reporting of Data Breaches
Kevin O’Brien of The New York Times reports: The European Commission said Tuesday that it would pursue a new law that would require most businesses, agencies and organizations in Europe to notify consumers when they lose sensitive customer data. Viviane Reding, the European telecommunications commissioner, said the commission, the executive arm of the European Union,…
WaMu Investments notifying some clients of missing documents
WaMu Investments is notifying 14 people in New Hampshire and an unknown number of residents of other states that personal documents containing their name, account number, address, estimated annual income and estimated net worth are missing. The documents were from 2001 and 2006. Source: letter to NH Attorney General (pdf).