Maloney Properties has seemingly joined the “stolen laptop” ranks. By letter dated October 28 to those affected, the Massachusetts-based firm reported that a laptop stolen on October 15 contained some limited resident housing data including unencrypted Social Security numbers. The firm explained that it was necessary to store SSN because of federal and state housing…
Study finds many turn to lawsuits following a data breach
Dan Kaplan reports: More than half of American consumers would sue a company that loses its personal information, according to a survey released Wednesday by IT firm Unisys. The twice-a-year Unisys Security Index, which polled 1,000 Americans on information security concerns, found that 53 percent would take legal action in the event of a data…
E-mail failure-to-bcc error exposes U. Alabama students’ failing grades to each other
Taylor Holland reports: Students who had at least one failing midterm grade during the Fall 2011 semester received an email on Oct. 26 from the office of Lowell Davis, the assistant dean of students, notifying them of their grade and potential ways to improve it. Students who received the email were not blind copied in…
Aaron’s operations computer stolen during burglary, contained customers’ Social Security numbers
It never rains but it pours? I had never heard of Aaron’s until earlier this year when they were sued for allegedly installing spyware on rent-to-own computers. But now I see their name again – this time, on a breach notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. According to the firm’s letter of October…
2,500 Avia Dental Plan members notified of security breach
From the this-doesn’t-sound-good dept.: Avia Dental Plan was notified by the U.S. Secret Service that it was investigating the theft of password information that permitted access to Avia Dental Plan members’ personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and credit card information. In some cases, members’ dependents’ information…
2,500 Avia Dental Plan members notified of security breach
From the this-doesn’t-sound-good dept.: Avia Dental Plan was notified by the U.S. Secret Service that it was investigating the theft of password information that permitted access to Avia Dental Plan members’ personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and credit card information. In some cases, members’ dependents’…