======================================================================== Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, April 11, 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: 2010-04-16 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 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-04-13 Summary: Bank teller steals customers personal information to open accounts Organizations: Wells Fargo http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2737 --------------------- 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 --------------------- 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 --------------------- 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 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-03-09 Summary: Credit card information may have been stolen from database server Organizations: Monoprice, Inc. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2739 --------------------- ======================================================================== Blotter Posts Added: 2010-04-19 Title: Debit card protection bill advances in NJ http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20100418/UPDATES01/100418005/1005/RSS --------------------- Added: 2010-04-17 Title: State finds easy access to Social Security numbers of deceased http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=54be0c532b080266fe315df35d1cbf39 --------------------- Added: 2010-04-17 Title: Verifying identity in customer-not-present situations http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/techexec/2010/041910bestpractices.html --------------------- 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 --------------------- 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 --------------------- Added: 2010-04-14 Title: Externalities and Identity Theft http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/04/externalities_a.html --------------------- 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 --------------------- 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 --------------------- 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 --------------------- 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 --------------------- Added: 2010-04-13 Title: Researchers aim to prevent identity theft from medical records http://rss.sciam.com/click.phdo?i=4e3c791d5ea597c8df4e4ff7171aa0bd --------------------- _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss_at_private) CREDANT Technologies, a leader in data security, offers advanced data encryption solutions. 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