======================================================================== Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, May 9, 2010 11 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: 2010-05-13 Summary: Contractors stolen laptop contained media with 207,000 reservists names, addresses and Social Security numbers Organizations: United States Army Reserve, Serco Inc http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2775 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-12 Summary: 644 Social Security numbers exposed on contractor stolen laptop Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2776 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-12 Summary: Stolen laptop exposes 1100 patients details including names, dates of birth and hospital numbers Organizations: Peterborough District Hospital http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2769 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-11 Summary: Subcontractor's stolen laptop exposes 9500 names, health plan numbers and Social Security numbers Organizations: West Monroe Partners LLC, DentaQuest, New Mexico Human Services Department http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2774 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-10 Summary: Names, addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, social security numbers and other identifiers exposed due to files not properly moved Organizations: Los Angeles Firemen's Credit Union http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2777 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-10 Summary: 77 boxes of documents containing customers names, Social Security numbers, cancelled checks were impropertly disposed Organizations: Mid Atlantic Processing http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2768 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-08-14 Summary: Hacker logged into administrators website and opened on-line orders - containing names with credit card numbers Organizations: Aztec Marketing Co. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2773 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-04-28 Summary: 10 Lab specimens labeled with names, insurance numbers, dates of birth and Social Security numbers stolen Organizations: Caritas Christi Health Care http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2771 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-02-25 Summary: 14 original checks missing after mailing between branches Organizations: Pearson Education, Inc. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2766 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-05-29 Summary: Laptop stolen containing personal data of clients Organizations: Ameriprise Financial http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2767 --------------------- Reported Date: 2007-11-06 Summary: Shareholder accounts fraudulenty accessed by temporary employee Organizations: AT&T, Computershare Inc http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2772 --------------------- ======================================================================== Blotter Posts Added: 2010-05-14 Title: Identity Theft: How To Avoid It http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/14/how-to-avoid-identity-theft-personal-finance-fraud.html?feed=rss_finance --------------------- Added: 2010-05-14 Title: Mass. couple faces identity theft charges http://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/ci_15076752?source=rss --------------------- Added: 2010-05-14 Title: Ukrainian arrested in India on TJX data-theft charges http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/051410-ukrainian-arrested-in-india-on.html?source=nww_rss --------------------- Added: 2010-05-12 Title: U.S. airport security officers targeted in ID theft http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/wsleAXF57-o/idUSTRE64B63X20100512 --------------------- Added: 2010-05-12 Title: National identity card scheme to be axed http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/national-identity-card-scheme-to-be-axed-1971897.html --------------------- Added: 2010-05-10 Title: Identity theft opens door to woes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sun-sentinel/news/local/miami/~3/xnL-SqKewl4/fl-identity-theft-20100509,0,7859473.story --------------------- Added: 2010-05-10 Title: Ohio's open record laws linked to identity theft http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20100509/NEWS01/5090313/ --------------------- _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss_at_private) CREDANT Technologies, a leader in data security, offers advanced data encryption solutions. 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