======================================================================== Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, May 23, 2010 26 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: 2010-05-31 Summary: Bank details relating to a significant number of companies sent to rival suppliers by email Organizations: Tralee Town Council http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2841 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-28 Summary: 61,000 medical records stolen from laptop in employee's parked car Organizations: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2840 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-27 Summary: HMRC mails wrong private info to 50,000 taxpayers Organizations: HM Revenue and Customs http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2825 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-26 Summary: Employee steals unknown numberof customers credit card details Organizations: Payless Travel & Cruises http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2824 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-26 Summary: DVD media lost in mail exposes Social Security numbers for 5,220 workers Organizations: City of Charlotte http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2817 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-25 Summary: Stolen computer exposes personal information of more than 500 surgical patient Organizations: Loma Linda University Medical Center http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2814 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-25 Summary: Files dumped by defunct business contained AT&T wireless contracts, exposing customers names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and credit card details Organizations: AT&T, Ferrell Communication http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2818 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-21 Summary: 1,250 bills mailed to the patients, exposing names, addresses, medical numbers and details Organizations: Strong Memorial Hospital http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2828 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-21 Summary: Stolen USB key exposes personal information including students names, addresses, student ID number, guardian names and phone numbers Organizations: Lake Ridge Middle School http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2816 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-09-22 Summary: Inadvertant access given to 2 individuals to access the mortgage account information of another couple Organizations: GMAC Mortgage http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2823 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-08-31 Summary: Over 1,500 users possibly exposed through 8 stolen laptops Organizations: GroupM http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2830 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-08-25 Summary: Theft of multiple desktop computers containing Social Security numbers of customers Organizations: DaVita Inc. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2837 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-08-10 Summary: 8 laptops stolen exposing as many as 1,600 individuals personal information Organizations: Chart Industries, Inc http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2836 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-06-11 Summary: Identity theft of employee leads to discovery of unauthorized acquisition of personal files Organizations: Touchstone Community School http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2835 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-06-08 Summary: Hacker gains access to system and exposes credit cards through FTP Organizations: Pennant Foods http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2838 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-05-20 Summary: Client inadvertantely sent report of other client; containing personal information Organizations: MassMutual Financial Group http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2832 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-04-22 Summary: Stolen laptop contained Social Security numbers, names, phone, address and other personal information Organizations: Partners Home Care Inc http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2839 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-03-25 Summary: Stolen bag containing a flash drive exposes employee Social Security numbers Organizations: Wheel Pros LLC http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2822 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-08-21 Summary: 50 accounts stolen by fraudsters using social engineering techniques through call centers Organizations: Best Buy, HSBC Bank Nevada, Bon Ton, Office Max, Helzberg, Costco http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2821 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-08-05 Summary: About 2300 possibly affected from stolen computer containing personal information Organizations: Affiliated Mortgage, North State Bank Mortgage http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2834 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-07-28 Summary: Hacker uses SQL injection attack to steal credit cards along with names of merchant Organizations: Symmetrex http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2827 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-07-14 Summary: Employee steals names, account numbers, and credit card information from company Organizations: Advantage Plus Credit Reporting http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2833 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-06-06 Summary: Account(s) inadvertantly linked to third-party advisor; exposing personal information to unauthorized personal Organizations: Fidelity Investments http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2831 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-04-21 Summary: Package lost in mail containing accounts of 66 individuals; possibly exposing names, Social Security numbers, and account information Organizations: Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure, Promissor Inc http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2820 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-02-28 Summary: Envelope sent to one client was empty - personal information may have been compromised Organizations: Boston Private Bank and Trust http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2819 --------------------- Reported Date: 2006-02-15 Summary: Pages from main website were cached improperly and potentially left customers information vulnerable to others Organizations: Macy's http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2829 --------------------- ======================================================================== Blotter Posts Added: 2010-05-29 Title: Calif. Senate bill protects jobseekers' identity http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/28/calif-senate-bill-protects-jobseekers-identity/ --------------------- Added: 2010-05-29 Title: Congress once again delays ID theft protections for consumers http://feeds.baltimoresun.com/~r/baltimoresun/business/rss2/~3/04L6EGYNvIQ/bal-ci-identity-0529,0,1648689.storylink --------------------- Added: 2010-05-28 Title: UK begins process to scrap ID cards http://www.ddinews.gov.in/International/International+-+Headlines/UK+begins+process+to+scrap+ID+cards.htm --------------------- Added: 2010-05-28 Title: Nearly 200,000 Are Potential ID Theft Victims http://cbs2chicago.com/local/ID.theft.2.2.1719905.html --------------------- Added: 2010-05-27 Title: Guarding Against Identity Theft http://Johnston.mync.com/site/Johnston/news/story/52012/Guarding_Against_Identity_Theft/ --------------------- Added: 2010-05-26 Title: Information theft? Keep a watch on disgruntled, low-paid staffers http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_information-theft-keep-a-watch-on-disgruntled-low-paid-staffers_1388311 --------------------- Added: 2010-05-26 Title: Don't let Facebook make you vulnerable to identity theft http://www.thevalleydispatch.com/ci_15133164?source=rss_viewed --------------------- Added: 2010-05-26 Title: Medical groups challenge 'red flags' rule in U.S. court http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/McKnights/~3/RHSTahH0Ing/ --------------------- Added: 2010-05-26 Title: A Feeble Swipe at Identity Theft http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/05/feeble-swipe-identity-theft --------------------- Added: 2010-05-26 Title: How to avoid vacation identity theft http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/travel/~3/PgaDgELUKfE/ct-problem-id-theft-vacation-sl,0,555732.storylink --------------------- Added: 2010-05-26 Title: Identity Theft Will Increase As Department of Labor Posts Signatures and Tax IDs On-line http://www.mmdnewswire.com/department-of-labor-8588.html --------------------- Added: 2010-05-26 Title: Lifelock worries after employee data leaked to Web http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/052610-lifelock-worries-after-employee-data.html?source=nww_rss --------------------- _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss_at_private) CREDANT Technologies, a leader in data security, offers advanced data encryption solutions. Protect sensitive data on desktops, laptops, smartphones and USB sticks transparently across your enterprise to ensure regulatory compliance. http://www.credant.com/stopdataloss _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! Shop InfoSec News http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/Received on Mon May 31 2010 - 23:41:25 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.2.0 : Mon May 31 2010 - 23:45:48 PDT