[ISN] [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, April 11, 2010

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:12:47 -0500 (CDT)
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Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary
Week of Sunday, April 11, 2010

6 Incidents Added.

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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

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DataLossDB News/Updates

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Incidents Added


Reported Date: 2010-04-16
Summary: 10,006 full names and dates of birth lost after accidentally emailing a file detailing the results of criminal records checks
Organizations: Gwent Police
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2738
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Reported Date: 2010-04-13
Summary: Bank teller steals customers personal information to open accounts
Organizations: Wells Fargo
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2737
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Reported Date: 2010-04-12
Summary: Thousands of patients medical records stolen and found in a dumpster
Organizations: Baylor Health Care System Inc.
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2734
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Reported Date: 2010-04-11
Summary: Names, addresses, dates of birth and Social Security numbers was stolen from a portable hard drive in car 
Organizations: LPL Financial
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2735
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Reported Date: 2010-04-09
Summary: Private and sensitive information including addresses, identification numbers and Social Security numbers were all leaked onto the Internet
Organizations: Atlanta Fire Rescue
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2736
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Reported Date: 2010-03-09
Summary: Credit card information may have been stolen from database server
Organizations: Monoprice, Inc.
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2739
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Blotter Posts


Added: 2010-04-19
Title: Debit card protection bill advances in NJ
http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20100418/UPDATES01/100418005/1005/RSS
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Added: 2010-04-17
Title: State finds easy access to Social Security numbers of deceased
http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=54be0c532b080266fe315df35d1cbf39
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Added: 2010-04-17
Title: Verifying identity in customer-not-present situations
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/techexec/2010/041910bestpractices.html
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Added: 2010-04-17
Title: ID theft steals information from 155,000 debtors on state list
http://timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=921835&LinkFrom=RSS
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Added: 2010-04-14
Title: House Passes Ban On Caller ID Spoofing
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/14/house-passes-ban-on-calle_n_537870.html
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Added: 2010-04-14
Title: Externalities and Identity Theft
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/04/externalities_a.html
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Added: 2010-04-14
Title: Almost Half of Disclosed Breaches Do Not Include Number of Records Compromised, Finds Perimeter E-Security's Annual Data Breach Study
http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Almost+Half+of+Disclosed+Breaches+Do+Not+Include+Number+of+Records+Compromised%2C+Finds+Perimeter+E-Security%26apos%3Bs+Annual+Data+Breach+Study/5527521.html
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Added: 2010-04-14
Title: Five scams to watch out for
http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/32606/f/493198/s/9f944d3/l/0L0Smoneywise0O0Cnews0Eviews0C20A10A0C0A40C140Cfive0Escams0Eto0Ewatch0Eout/story01.htm
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Added: 2010-04-13
Title: BlueCross says info from 447,549 more people is at risk for ID theft
http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=12301940
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Added: 2010-04-13
Title: Identity theft fears weigh on Americans
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/041310-identity-theft-concerns.html?fsrc=netflash-rss
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Added: 2010-04-13
Title: Researchers aim to prevent identity theft from medical records
http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=4e3c791d5ea597c8df4e4ff7171aa0bd
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