[ISN] Been In An Ambulance Lately? Your Identity May Be At Risk

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:20:36 -0600 (CST)
http://www.wbbm780.com/Been-In-An-Ambulance-Lately--Your-Identity-May-Be-/4051123

By Steve Miller
WBBM780.com
19 March 2009

CHICAGO (WBBM) -- The city of Chicago now says more than 60,000 people 
may be at risk of having their identities stolen - after a laptop 
computer was stolen from an employee of a company that handles billing 
for Chicago Fire Department ambulances.

Anyone who's been transported by Chicago Fire Department ambulance 
should be concerned, says the city revenue department.

The billing for ambulance transports is outsourced to a company called 
DeZonia, and two months ago, somebody broke into the car of a DeZonia 
employee and stole a laptop that contained personal information about 
tens of thousands of people.

So DeZonia sent a letter to 63-thousand people who'd used Fire 
Department ambulances, warning them.

[...]


_______________________________________________      
Best Selling Security Books and More!
http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/
Received on Mon Mar 23 2009 - 02:20:36 PDT

This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Mon Mar 23 2009 - 02:25:12 PDT