======================================================================== Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, March 7, 2010 6 Incidents Added. ======================================================================== DataLossDB is a research project aimed at documenting known and reported data loss incidents world-wide. The Open Security Foundation asks for contributions of new incidents and new data for existing incidents. For any questions about the project or the data contained within this email or the website (http://www.datalossdb.org), please contact us at curators@private ======================================================================== DataLossDB News/Updates No news this week! ======================================================================== Incidents Added Reported Date: 2010-03-12 Summary: Names, addresses and Social Security numbers of 24 may have been exposed by malware Organizations: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2606 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-03-12 Summary: Hospital loses confidential medical records for 2000 patients Organizations: NHS Stoke on Trentl, Haywood Hospital http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2605 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-03-10 Summary: Stolen laptop exposes clients names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and health information Organizations: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2602 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-03-03 Summary: Stolen laptop exposes employees names, addresses, including some Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, codes and expiration dates Organizations: Arrow Electronics Inc http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2603 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-02-22 Summary: Missing external drive exposes 35000 guard members names, Social Security numbers Organizations: Arkansas Army National Guard http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2601 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-02-18 Summary: Storage media containing 9,500 employees Social Security numbers lost in mail Organizations: ISS A/S http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2604 --------------------- ======================================================================== Blotter Posts Added: 2010-03-14 Title: New Mexico ranks 6th for identity theft http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NM_IDENTITY_THEFT_NMOL-?SITE=NMALJ&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT --------------------- Added: 2010-03-14 Title: City man pleads guilty to identity theft charges http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/03/13/986456/city-man-pleads-guilty-to-identity.html --------------------- Added: 2010-03-13 Title: UK survey reveals identity theft fears http://www.physorg.com/news187616640.html --------------------- Added: 2010-03-12 Title: New House Bill protects Utah children from ID theft http://www.abc4.com:80/content/news/top%20stories/story/New-House-Bill-protects-Utah-children-from-ID/s17QWjIHrEKQO1PrC1tjHw.cspx?rss=20 --------------------- Added: 2010-03-12 Title: LifeLock to Pay $12 Million to Settle FTC, States' Complaint http://feeds.pcworld.com/click.phdo?i=4734ac5d7860a1876e39f21c9b20b809 --------------------- Added: 2010-03-12 Title: Medical Identity Theft: How to Protect Yourself http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/medical-identity-theft-protect-identity/story?id=10047398 --------------------- Added: 2010-03-12 Title: Feds warn on social networking fraudsters http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/government-tech-policy/37427-feds-warn-on-social-networking-fraudsters --------------------- Added: 2010-03-12 Title: Prosecutors charge trio in identity theft ring that netted $2 million http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/03/prosecutors-charge-trio-in-id-theft-ring-that-netted-2-million.html --------------------- Added: 2010-03-12 Title: Teens, young adults most likely victims of ID theft http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/PE_Biz_W_kidsandmoney07.310aa8a.html --------------------- Added: 2010-03-09 Title: Personal Finance: ID theft rises, but consumers are wising up http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/business/personal-finance-id-theft-rises-but-consumers-are-wising-up-1.658657?localLinksEnabled=false --------------------- Added: 2010-03-09 Title: Companies must now secure all customer personal information http://www.dailynewstribune.com/business/x1669540190/Companies-must-now-secure-all-customer-personal-information --------------------- _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss_at_private) CREDANT Technologies, a leader in data security, offers advanced data encryption solutions. 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