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TX: Laptop theft at Parkland Memorial Hospital could imperil employee information

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dissent

Sherry Jacobson reports: A laptop computer that may have contained the names, birthdates and Social Security numbers of 9,300 employees of Parkland Memorial Hospital was stolen last week, hospital officials acknowledged Monday. The laptop, valued at $1,862 and stolen Feb. 3, contained no information related to Parkland patients, the officials stressed. And while it was…

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Kaspersky: no personal information lifted during web hack

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dissent

Dan Goodin reports: Anti-virus provider Kaspersky Lab on Monday moved to reassure customers that none of their personal information was accessed during a 10-day security lapse that exposed a database used to run a support site for its US users. The company also apologized for the blunder and said it was bringing in database security…

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Government computers hacked; personal info stolen

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dissent

AP is reporting that Tom Waters, president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3290, is claiming that hackers broke into the Federal Aviation Administration’s computer system last week and accessed two files, one of which had names and Social Security numbers of 45,000 employees and retirees. The other file reportedly had…

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OH: Thief Steals Patient Records; Hospital Investigates

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dissent

Donna Willis reports: Nearly two dozen medical records were stolen from a doctor’s car. Parents questioned why the records were taken from the hospital in the first place. NBC 4’s Lauren Diedrich GOT ANSWERS. Diedrich went to Nationwide Children’s Hospital to find out how the incident happened, and the hospital said it was working to…

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Court Orders Permanent Halt to Illegal Qchex Check Processing Operation

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dissent

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a United States District Court has ordered a permanent halt to the illegal operations of an Internet-based check creation and delivery service and ordered the operators to give up all the money they made from the illegal operation. In September 2006, the FTC charged Qchex with violating…

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Pointer: Numbers keep rolling in on Heartland breach

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dissent

Linda McGlasson of BankInfoSecurity reports: By the latest count, the number of institutions that have informed their card customers and members that they were hit as a result of the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) data breach has swelled to 124. The second page of the article provides an alphabetical listing of banks that reported having…

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