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After a month of silence, University of New Mexico assists identity theft victims

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dissent

Denicia Aragon reports: Over 1,000 former students and employees of UNM recently had their identity stolen from a University database, and after a month of silence, UNM has established a call center to assist victims of the incident. According to a University release, a decades-old UNM database containing names, birth dates, social security numbers, address,…

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Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants concludes investigation into breach

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dissent

  Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants have provided an updated press release after completing the investigation they began in July. The relevant parts of their press release: Findings from the investigation show that malware was installed on servers that processed payment cards used at the restaurants and front desks of some of our hotels. The malware searched…

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MA: SSNs, addresses inadvertently posted on Walpole Police Dept.’s website

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dissent

WFXT reports: Social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers and other personal information was accidentally posted on Walpole Police Department‘s website. The personal information was part of last week’s dispatch log. The dispatch log contains a record of all incidents officer responded to, and that includes all of the personal information that is redacted from the press…

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NE: Personal and medical information discarded after pharmacy closes business

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dissent

Max Massey of KOLN reports that the former owner of Four Star Drug in Lincoln said he had shredded, or transferred all of the important documents once his store went out of business. Sometimes a picture does speak 1,000 words. Look at this stack of papers with social security numbers, medical history, prescriptions, and even papers labeled confidential….

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Watchdog: IRS failed to notify over 1M people of identity theft

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dissent

Naomi Jagoda reports: The Internal Revenue Service identified close to 1.1 million taxpayers who were victims of employment-related identity theft from 2011 through 2015, but almost none of the victims were informed, a Treasury Department watchdog found in a report made public this week. “Employment-related identity theft can cause significant burden to taxpayers, including the…

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New York State Psychiatric Institute notifies 21,880 research participants of hack

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dissent

The New York State Psychiatric Institute, a facility owned and operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health, has reported the following incident to HHS as impacting 21,880 research participants: On June 17, 2016, New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI)  learned that, between April 28 and May 4, certain parts of our system were accessed…

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