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A coward exposes personal information on 40% of Chileans

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2008-05-16 13:56:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...residents Number Affected 6,000,000 Types of Data names, addresses, telephone numbers and taxpayer identification numbers Breach Description An anonymous hacker has posted personal data about 6 million Chilean residents on the Internet, highlighting wider privacy problems in the country. The data was posted early Saturday morning on...
 
Tags: personal, information, chilean residents, residents, poor data protection, data protection, personal data, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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Oklahoma County Social Security numbers online

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2008-03-13 09:46:09 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...residents Number Affected thousands Types of Data Information found on court documents including many Social Security numbers Breach Description The Social Security numbers of thousands of Oklahoma County residents are available on County Clerk Carolynn Caudill's website to anyone who wants to look, apparently in violation of federal law ...
 
Tags: county, county commissioner, county clerks, oklahoma county residents, residents, oklahoma county, social security, court documents, county clerk
 
 
 
 
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Maryland Department of Assessments & Taxation web exposure

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2008-01-05 14:02:15 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...residents applying for a homestead tax credit Number Affected Unknown roughly 900 people used the system on the day in question Types of Data Names, addresses and Social Security numbers Breach Description A web application used to collect information from residents over the internet was not adequately secured with encryption leaving some...
 
Tags: maryland, sensitive personal information, personal information, secure server hadhas, server, web application server, application, information, information security
 
 
 
 
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Oklahoma Department of Corrections SQL exposure

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2008-04-21 11:23:45 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...residents Number Affected 10,597 Types of Data Names, addresses, and social security numbers Breach Description Residents of Oklahoma State have reportedly been hit this week with the bad news that tens of thousands of their names, social security numbers and allied data were effectively available on the Web for around three years ...
 
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Fraud on the Target Visa call center

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2008-02-08 15:32:45 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...residents. It is assumed that the nationwide number is larger Types of Data Target Visa account information, including name, address, account number, social security number and telephone number Breach Description The Target Fraud Prevention team discovered that three employees of a company that provides call center assistance for Target...
 
Tags: call, target, call center employees, accounts, target visa accounts, call center, call center assistance, employees, target national bank
 
 
 
 
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700,000 records on stolen CCB server

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2008-04-22 14:57:38 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...residents are hereby alerted to a security breach at Central Collection Bureau (CCB, located at 7510 South Madison Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana. This breach potentially exposed the personal information, including names, contact information, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, dates of service, and medical procedure codes Reference URL...
 
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Axcess Financial reports stolen laptop to New Hampshire AG

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2008-05-28 11:45:44 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...residents affected in her state Types of Data personal information (such as name, address, and social security number Breach Description Axcess Financial Services, Inc. has notified the New Hampshire State Attorney General of a breach involving a stolen employee laptop that contained personal information belonging to customers Reference...
 
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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
...residents who itemized deductions, 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...
 
Tags: security, taxpayers, taxpayers social security, social security, wisconsin, credit bureau, credit, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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Giving Drivers Licenses to Illegal Immigrants

2008-02-13 05:57:39 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...residents, calling it "one more tool in our initiative to bolster Michigan's border and document security In reality, we are a much more secure nation if we do issue driver's licenses and/or state IDs to every resident who applies, regardless of immigration status. Issuing them doesn't make us any less secure, and refusing puts us at risk The...
 
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UPDATE: A computer stolen from Systematic Automation is found

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2008-03-12 12:22:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...residents" according to a Fullerton police sergeant Reference URL Whittier Daily News Modesto Bee Report Credit Whittier Daily News Response From the online sources cited above Fullerton police detectives analyzed data Tuesday from a stolen computer seized from a La Habra man that contained more than 40,000 names, addresses and Social...
 
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