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Mailing error at the University of Maryland exposes student information

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2008-07-18 09:18:07 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Evan] Sheesh, a fraudster doesn't even have to tamper with the mail if the Social Security number is on the label The error was discovered on the morning of July 8 when calls were made to the University This parking mailer was sent to all individuals registered for Fall 2008 classes at the University of Maryland as of June 15, 2008 The...
 
Tags: information, university, maryland, personal information, university identification, university community, social security, addressees social security, recipient social security
 
 
 
 
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Backup tape is stolen from Bristol-Myers Squibb

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2008-07-18 11:26:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Evan] This statement prompted me to list the contractor as "unknown" instead of "none". I presume that the data tape was being transported by a third-party vendor when it was stolen. I am looking for more information on this Through subsequent forensic work, it was determined that the data tape included personal information of current and...
 
Tags: tape, back-up data tape, data tape, owner, data owner, data, bristol-myers squibb, information, personal information
 
 
 
 
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Drama surrounds People's United Bank breach

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2008-04-08 12:47:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Evan] People's Bank would have had no idea that confidential documents were taken from dumpsters had Mr. Hastings not approached them. How long could the practice of discarding confidential information in the garbage have gone on before someone else noticed? How long has this practice been accepted, and is it still occurring The bank got a...
 
Tags: bank, financial information, information, confidential information, people, bank deposit, hastings, james hastings dove, bank set
 
 
 
 
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Stolen account firm laptop contained personal information

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2008-04-28 09:50:55 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Evan] We see too many breaches occurring through contractor/vendor relationships Although, there have been no known reports of identity theft from any of the 482 employees notified, the computer has not been found and, according to a letter from the firm, thieves sometimes hold victims information for later use Evan] The fact that thieves DO...
 
Tags: information, clients personal information, clients, personal information, specific information, store confidential information, client information, confidential information, personal information inside
 
 
 
 
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Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles cited in audit report

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2008-07-11 09:18:07 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Evan] The audit report is here At one point, 33 former DMV employees could access names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers some workers more than a year after their departure Revenue Department leaders who oversee the division say they are working to hire internal watchdogs and build up their technological defenses Evan]...
 
Tags: information, personal information, information security, information security breaches, sensitive information, information security strategy, information security program, security, cyber security
 
 
 
 
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Employee fraud hits Baptist Health in Arkansas

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2008-07-11 00:00:20 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Evan] Uh, "may have been breached The notification came after the arrest of a Baptist Health employee at a Wal-Mart store on 25 counts of financial identity fraud Evan] Wouldn't life be grand if we could trust our employees? Maybe, I suppose The letters, mailed last week, follow the firing of the woman in early June North Little Rock...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, baptist health system, health system, fraud, victims personal information, employee fraud, baptist health, employee
 
 
 
 
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Stolen SunGard laptop affects at least 10 post-secondary schools

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2008-04-21 14:49:39 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Evan] All of "the needs" except one critical one... SECURITY Victims Students and a limited number of employees Number Affected Unknown, but at least 23702 Types of Data Personal information including names, Social Security numbers and financial aid information Breach Description A laptop belonging to a consultant at SunGard Higher...
 
Tags: information, personal information, store confidential information, university, university system, data custodians apply, data custodians, information security governance, sungard
 
 
 
 
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A breach that hits home with 2008 presidential candidates

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2008-03-22 13:16:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Evan] The Inspector General job is still vacant. Would you want this job? If so, you may have to call them. I don't see a job description or a posting on Monster.com State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the violations of McCain and Clinton's passport files were not discovered until Friday, after officials were made aware of the...
 
Tags: stanley subcontractor employees, subcontractor employees, subcontractor, confidential information, information, information security, stanley, personal information, employees
 
 
 
 
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Unauthorized access to the Stryker Corporation VPN

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2008-04-17 12:45:57 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Evan] Sheesh. I can only imagine what damage could have been done with (essentially) local network access Stryker immediately disabled the domain administrator service account through which the unauthorized user had accessed the VPN Evan] This and subsequent statements support the implication that a domain (Windows) administrator level...
 
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Health care practices and UCSF patient records exposed

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2008-05-07 16:10:17 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Evan] Purloined is a funny word This is a large and very significant data breach," said Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum To commit medical identity theft, all you need is a patient's name, address and the name of the hospital. If you have a doctor's name and the medical department where the patient was being treated,...
 
Tags: ucsf, ucsf patient, ucsf patients, patients, patient, sensitive information, information, patient information, ucsf medical center