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Chicago Fire Department contractor’s laptop stolen (updated)

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Dissent

The Dezonia Group handles billing people for the Chicago Fire Department’s ambulance service. Dana Koslov of CBS in Chicago reports that the contractor reported that an employee’s laptop stolen six weeks ago contained the names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of thousands of people who used the ambulance service in the past two years. Update…

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Army database may have been breached

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Dissent

Doug Beizer of Federal Computer Week reports that an Army database containing personal information about nearly 1,600 soldiers involved with the Operation Tribute to Freedom program during the past five years may have been accessed by unauthorized users. The potentially compromised information does not include Social Security numbers, but does include names, phone numbers, addresses,…

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Police in Romania detain 20 alleged hackers

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Dissent

The Associated Press reports that police in Romania have  detained 20 people suspected of cloning the web sites of banks in other countries to deplete customers’ bank accounts. Individuals in both Spain and Italy were affected.  In another case,  police detained a person suspected of hacking into the servers of U.S. universities and government agencies,…

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Bits ‘n Pieces

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Dissent

In the justice system: A string of identity thefts spanning seven states has resulted in the arrest of two suspects in Wisconsin. More. As a follow-up to a story reported previously, Scottsdale police arrested nine people who allegedly ran an ID theft ring that involved stealing customer data from local businesses including the Henry Brown…

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More on the Coleman campaign breach (updated)

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Dissent

The Associated Press is now reporting that financial data for at least 4,700 campaign donors was posted on the internet and contact information for 51,000 others was also disseminated.  A statement from Coleman’s office indicates that there may have been a breach of the Coleman for Senate web site and that federal investigators, when contacted…

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Sprint: Employee Stole Customer Data (updated)

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Dissent

Brian Krebs of Security Fix reports that Sprint  sent letters to several thousand customers  to inform them that a former employee sold or otherwise provided their account data without permission between December 2008 and January 2009. Updated Apr. 1: Sprint’s notification (pdf) to the NH Attorney General is now available online.

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