[ISN] [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, May 23, 2010

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 01:41:25 -0500 (CDT)
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Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary
Week of Sunday, May 23, 2010

26 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: 2010-05-31
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
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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
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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
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Reported Date: 2010-05-26
Summary: Employee steals unknown numberof customers credit card details
Organizations: Payless Travel & Cruises
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2824
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Reported Date: 2009-08-31
Summary: Over 1,500 users possibly exposed through 8 stolen laptops
Organizations: GroupM
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2830
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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
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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
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Added: 2010-05-28
Title: Nearly 200,000 Are Potential ID Theft Victims
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/ID.theft.2.2.1719905.html
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Added: 2010-05-27
Title: Guarding Against Identity Theft
http://Johnston.mync.com/site/Johnston/news/story/52012/Guarding_Against_Identity_Theft/
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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
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Added: 2010-05-26
Title: Don't let Facebook make you vulnerable to identity theft
http://www.thevalleydispatch.com/ci_15133164?source=rss_viewed
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Added: 2010-05-26
Title: Medical groups challenge 'red flags' rule in U.S. court
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/McKnights/~3/RHSTahH0Ing/
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Added: 2010-05-26
Title: A Feeble Swipe at Identity Theft
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/05/feeble-swipe-identity-theft
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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
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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
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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
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