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Harvard University warns graduate students about web hack

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2008-03-14 00:25:51 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...notifications are being sent to all persons who may have been affected by this incident In situations where applicants Social Security numbers or Harvard University ID numbers may have been accessed, the notifications provide contact information for free use of the services provided by Kroll Inc Commentary My first thought was actually a...
 
Tags: university, harvard university, harvard university gazette, harvard, gsas administrators, gsas, information, personal information, gsas site
 
 
 
 
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Cutting through the White Noise

2007-11-09 16:07:55 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance
 
...notifications are being reported so often now that they seem to be just creating a constant white noise drone . Sure, there are the standouts like TJX but really, most are just more of the same. To the extent that I fear the public will just end up being numb to the notifications, and ambivalent to the poor practices that are the cause. Each...
 
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Chipotle Mexican Grill employee information on USi stolen laptop

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2008-04-26 22:39:08 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...notifications that I have read about this incident. You could almost copy and paste it, eh? It is probably too early for any evidence of misuse (a smart fraudster would wait until the identity theft protection runs out, or would sell the information to someone else). Password protection (likely operating system) is little more than no...
 
Tags: information, information security, confidential information, usi, information security improvement, chipotle, information security policies, chipotle information, evan
 
 
 
 
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Personal information stolen from State Street mystery vendor

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2008-06-03 11:28:32 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...notifications to employees and some customers of the former Investors Financial Services Corp. (IBT) that computer equipment containing certain personal data was stolen from a vendors facility Evan] So this vendor relationship is probably governed by a vendor/third-party security policy and supporting documentation and processes, right IBT...
 
Tags: information, personal information, street, legacy ibt customers, ibt, street corp, customers, information protection strategies, data
 
 
 
 
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Duke School of Law breach affects 3,200

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2007-12-06 11:37:20 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...notifications this afternoon about the security breach Comfyllama] Social Security numbers in a database on a web server? Worse The second database in question included contact information and self-generated passwords for about 1,800 current applicants who were using our web site to track the status of their law school applications Even...
 
Tags: school, duke school, breach, security, comfyllama social security, complete, breach description, complete security scan, security breach
 
 
 
 
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AIB technical problem discloses details of bank transfers

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2007-11-28 17:08:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...notifications to its customers containing the private bank account details of other individuals. A total of 11,000 AIB customers are affected by the move, writes John Downes Last night, it also emerged that some of the bank account details sent to AIB customers in recent days relate not just to AIB accounts, but also reveal the names and...
 
Tags: bank, account, bank account details, aib bank, bank account, aib, details, wrong customers, customers
 
 
 
 
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Bogus Microsoft sweepstakes emails

2007-08-19 22:35:48 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...notifications. Please tell your friends and neighbors that stuff like this is fake Oh, in case you're curious, do a search on the winning prize number: 14-21-25-40-40-47(21). Looks like hundreds, maybe thousands, of people have all coincidentally guessed the exact same number
 
Tags: microsoft sweepstakes, sweepstakes, microsoft, email, email insists, domain, american domain, subject line, emails
 
 
 
 
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J.C. Penney customers affected by lost GE Money backup tape

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2008-01-18 10:24:59 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...notifications sent to customers are not clearly marked as such (according to Elizabeth Rich) only adds insult to injury Contrary to what J.C. Penney may think and what GE Money has stated, J.C. Penney does have responsibility in this breach. To state that J.C. Penney "was in no way responsible for this incident" is false. They have the...
 
Tags: penney, penney customers, tape, backup tape, money, sensitive personal information, personal information, penney card immediately, information security practices
 
 
 
 
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5 smart fixes for dumb PC annoyances

2008-01-31 00:00:00 by HASH0x847373c in Network World on Security
 
Is Windows bugging you about USB devices that aren't even plugged in anymore? Or harassing you with bogus security alerts? Or popping up lots of unnecessary notifications? I have all the fixes--plus a cool, free Clipboard substitute
 
Tags: bogus security alerts, free clipboard substitute, unnecessary notifications, usb devices, fixes, anymore, windows, cool, lots
 
 
 
 
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Desktop computer stolen from Administrative Systems, Inc.

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2008-02-11 14:53:04 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...notifications from ASI, I would have more questions than answers and I would be frustrated. As customers of companies, we provide certain personal information. We trust that the companies we do business with will see to it that our information is adequately protected. In this instance, information was passed on to a third-party and that...
 
Tags: protect personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, companies, include insurance companies, financial services companies, information, information security,