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Laptop stolen in Royal Bolton Hospital break-in

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2007-12-19 15:24:44 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...receive or have received oxygen treatments at home Number Affected 350 Types of Data Names, addresses, dates of birth, NHS numbers*, GP practices, and some details about the patient's oxygen supply It is the common unique identifier that makes it possible to share patient information across the whole of the NHS safely, efficiently and...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, royal bolton hospital, hospital, sensitive personal information, bolton, information, information security, share patient information
 
 
 
 
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Wellesley seniors' personal information lost in mail

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2008-02-29 11:48:00 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...received flu shots, all over the age of 65 Number Affected 480 Types of Data Names, dates of birth, addresses, and Social Security numbers Breach Description An envelope containing sensitive personal information belonging to seniors was sent from the Wellesley Health Department to a Medicare processing office in Charlestown. When the...
 
Tags: personal information, destination post office, office, information, health department office, sensitive personal information, wellesley, health, post office
 
 
 
 
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What Happens When You Mix A Real Infection With A Mass Mail Hoax?

2008-06-23 17:51:03 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
 
...received from someone who has your e-mail address in his/her contact list. This is the reason why you need to send this e-mail to all your contacts It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive the virus and open it If you receive a mail called' POSTCARD,' even though sent to you by a friend, do not open it! Shut down your...
 
Tags: virus simply destroys, virus, real virus, norton anti-virus, postcard virus contribute, mail, postcard virus, destructive virus, hoax virus
 
 
 
 
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Technology Tales from Thailand: KBank Fraud Management

2008-08-20 07:16:51 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...receive an SMS message that details any change in account balance and/or point-of-sale (POS) transaction with your debit card. I really like this service and the feeling of security knowing when, where and by how much my balance changes or my debit card is used in a transaction. The KBank POS SMS notification is so fast that when I present my...
 
Tags: visa debit card, debit card, card, visa card, kbank, kbank card, transaction, transaction notification services, fraudulent transaction
 
 
 
 
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Zebras and Aardvarks

2008-08-25 03:02:30 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...receive some non-spam email, then the picture changes. If one treats an email address as real if theres one non-spam email on average every second day, then real aardvarks receive 35% spam, but real zebras receive only 20% spam The most likely reason for these results is the prevalence of dictionary or Rumpelstiltskin attacks (where spammers...
 
Tags: email address local, local, email address, address, non-spam, spam, considers real aardvarks, real, aardvarks
 
 
 
 
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TRICARE breach affects 4,700 households

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2007-12-20 12:15:59 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...receive a notification letter The data was held on a Web application server that allowed external entities an unauthorized level of access without going through the required authentication process if the Web address was known That situation has since been remedied Practices such as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) requirements and...
 
Tags: tricare, information, personal information, code review, by-line code review, information security, tricare beneficiaries, beneficiaries, breach
 
 
 
 
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Another Wisconsin mailing exposes Social Security numbers

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2008-01-15 13:32:24 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...received a 2006 Wisconsin income tax refund, AND live in Freedom, Kaukauna, Keshena, Kimberly, Krakow, Lakewood, Lena, Little Chute, Little Suamico, or Marinette community Number Affected 5,000 Types of Data Name, address and Social Security number Breach Description The Wisconsin Department of Revenue announced that as many as 5,000...
 
Tags: security, taxpayers, taxpayers social security, social security, wisconsin, credit bureau, credit, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...receive or becoming suspicious and essentially refusing to engage in anything online. Maybe its because online threats use scary language (like identity theft) and receive attention that far outweighs the risks (like child predators The threats we all face daily online are really no different than the threats weve all faced ever since we came...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site
 
 
 
 
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Systematic Automations breach continued...

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2008-02-25 10:28:07 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...receive notice " dated 2/21/08 Victims Employees Number Affected 2,200 Over 17,000 total (and counting Types of Data Names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers Breach Description Computer equipment was stolen from a Torrance Unified School District vendor, Systematic Automation that contained sensitive personal...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, district, information, 33-campus district, district officials, enrolls district staffers, information security practices, school district vendor
 
 
 
 
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Nestle Waters North America employee affected by Systematic Automation breach

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2008-03-04 10:08:42 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...receive notice " dated 2/21/08 Systematic Automation breach continued... " dated 2/22/08 Victims Employees of NWNA in 2006 Number Affected 8,245 Types of Data Names, dates of birth, addresses and Social Security numbers Breach Description Computer equipment was stolen from a Nestle Waters North America ("NWNA") vendor, Systematic...
 
Tags: systematic automation breach, systematic automation, sensitive personal information, personal information, breach, employees, power employees, information, nwna