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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
...taxpayers social security numbers were potentially viewable through the window envelope DOR contacted the taxpayers potentially affected and offered instructions on how to apply for one year of free credit monitoring Evan] One year of free credit monitoring is better than nothing, but hardly adequate. Credit monitoring only alerts a victim...
 
Tags: security, taxpayers, taxpayers social security, social security, wisconsin, credit bureau, credit, breach description, breach
 
 
 
 
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Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Services mails Social Security numbers

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2008-01-08 16:08:37 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...taxpayers some money Victim Reaction It's unbelievable," Marvin said. "You would think they (state officials) would have learned from the Revenue Department situation. I am concerned Commentary At the time of this writing, this is a breaking story, for which I could only find one source. I am sure that more details will become apparent as...
 
Tags: wisconsin, social security, wisconsin medicaid, wisconsin department, family services, department, revenue department situation, revenue, health
 
 
 
 
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The Govenator flexes for privacy!

2007-10-26 14:36:00 by Michael Concordia in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...taxpayers Social Security numbers, so that no more than four numbers are displayed publicly. He also signed a third bill, ordering that consumers personal health records comply with the states existing medical privacy laws and require that consumers be notified when their medical or health insurance information has been lost, exposed, or...
 
Tags: information, personal information, protect customer information, health insurance information, data breaches, data, social security, medical privacy laws, taxpayers social security
 
 
 
 
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FTC: Beware of tax and rebate scams

2008-03-06 00:00:00 by Tim Greene in Network World on Security
 
The Federal Trade Commission is warning that phishers and other scammers may target taxpayers looking to collect their economic-stimulus rebate checks from the IRS
 
Tags: federal trade commission, target taxpayers, checks, irs, collect, scammers, phishers
 
 
 
 
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The Checklist

2008-02-07 20:14:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...taxpayers perspective its outrageous. We have a thirty-billion-dollar-a-year National Institutes of Health, he pointed out, which has been a remarkable powerhouse of discovery. But we have no billion-dollar National Institute of Health Care Delivery studying how best to incorporate those discoveries into daily practice. I was reminded of...
 
Tags: secure, develop secure software, software, software development organizations, health, health care delivery, security, checklist, software development world
 
 
 
 
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Five IRS employees charged with snooping at tax records

2008-05-16 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Five employees in a California office of the Internal Revenue service have been charged with illegally accessing files of taxpayers
 
Tags: internal revenue service, california office, employees, files, taxpayers
 
 
 
 
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Five IRS employees charged with snooping at tax records

2008-05-18 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472e50 in Network World on Security
 
Five federal workers at an Internal Revenue Service office in California have been charged with computer fraud for illegally accessing the confidential records of taxpayers
 
Tags: federal workers, confidential records, computer fraud, california, taxpayers
 
 
 
 
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15-year-old "hacks" Downingtown Area School District

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2008-05-18 21:54:02 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...taxpayers Number Affected 71 teachers" and "several thousand tax payers Types of Data W-2 forms, Social Security numbers, and home addresses Breach Description DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. (CBS 3) ? Authorities are investigating the theft of personal information from a computer in a Chester County school district. Downingtown Area School District...
 
Tags: district, school, school district officials, school district, information, personal information, school board, salary information, school information
 
 
 
 
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Blogroll Web vulnerabilities this week

2008-05-16 11:35:02 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...taxpayers Emails allegedly sent from the US Tax Court may contain very personal information, but lead users to scam phish sites, not the feds MySpace bullies arent just the kids A Missouri mother is being indicted for posing as a teenage boy in order to harass a 13-year-old girl on MySpace, leading to the girls suicide
 
Tags: myspace bullies, myspace, myspace wins, allegedly, taxpayers emails allegedly, laptop, attack targets, lost laptop, park national corporation
 
 
 
 
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Teen Hacks PA School Computer, Gets Tax Info

2008-06-03 10:23:32 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...taxpayers names and personal information, including Social Security numbers, and more than 15,000 students names and personal information. The school district sent out letters to 16,595 residences about the incident Eldredge said he received the school districts letter but believes its a dead issue For me, Im comfortable that nothing was done...