======================================================================== Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, May 30, 2010 20 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: 2010-06-03 Summary: Stolen hard drive contained patient database with names, Social Security numbers and medical details Organizations: Safe Harbor Med Evaluations http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2859 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-06-02 Summary: Personal information including Social Security numbers of 15,806 potentially breached Organizations: Penn State University http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2858 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-06-02 Summary: USB memory stick was lost that contained sensitive information on children and young people Organizations: West Berkshire Council http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2857 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-06-02 Summary: Stolen laptop exposes patients names, addresses, Social Security numbers, medical numbers and details Organizations: Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2842 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-06-02 Summary: Call center employee steals customers names, addresses, dates of birth, tax id numbers, and telephone passwords Organizations: Bank of America http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2843 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-06-02 Summary: Patients names and Social Security numbers for 708 patients available on the internet for 18 months Organizations: University of Louisville http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2855 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-06-01 Summary: Surplus computers sold containing 2000 employees names and Social Security numbers Organizations: Roanoke City Public Schools http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2850 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-28 Summary: Hundreds of names, addresses, Social Security numbers and medical details found along side of road Organizations: Aetna Life Insurance Company http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2856 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-05-22 Summary: Computer system was hacked as thieves made off with the credit card numbers of hundreds of customers Organizations: Aldaco's Mexican Cuisine http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2848 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-08-17 Summary: Former employee access names and Social Security numbers for boost at new job Organizations: Virgin Money http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2851 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-07-30 Summary: Checks sent in mail were lost in transit Organizations: Bank of America, Commerce Insurance http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2844 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-07-22 Summary: Thousands of customers credit card numbers exposed by hacker Organizations: Coffee.org http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2852 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-06-08 Summary: 52 Credit card numbers stolen from ATM breach and e-commerce hack Organizations: Mastercard, Webster Five http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2854 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-02-24 Summary: Programming error results in employees tax information being mailed to wrong persons Organizations: Macy's http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2847 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-02-16 Summary: Employee sends letters with account numbers to wrong addresses Organizations: Capital One http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2845 --------------------- Reported Date: 2009-02-11 Summary: 8,478 Social Security numbers of employees exposed by computer kept by former employee Organizations: BlackRock, Inc. http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2861 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-12-29 Summary: 14 applicants' personal information exposed through mishandling of documents by third party Organizations: Framingham State College, Creative Imaging Solutions http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2860 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-12-18 Summary: Thousands of accounts of employees exposed through 5 stolen laptops Organizations: HealthEquity http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2853 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-07-28 Summary: Hacker gains access to main website, exposing credit cards of customers Organizations: Rising Roll Gourmet http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2849 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-03-07 Summary: Confidential file about clients unintentionally accessible through website Organizations: Priority Health http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2846 --------------------- ======================================================================== Blotter Posts Added: 2010-06-06 Title: Small businesses spend over €2bn on security http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/kfcwkfqlojkf/rss2/ --------------------- Added: 2010-06-06 Title: Medical ID theft a threat to privacy, health and finances http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/06/04/increasing-medical-id-theft-a-threat-to-privacy-health-and-fina/ --------------------- Added: 2010-06-06 Title: Authorities: ID theft ring paid for woman's 'tummy tuck' http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/technology/~3/rbzcwTf-35w/chi-tummy-tuck-theft-ring-link,0,7929042.storylink --------------------- Added: 2010-06-04 Title: AvMed: Breach of customer data three times worse than reported http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100603/articles/100609817 --------------------- Added: 2010-06-01 Title: Code on data breaches published http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/851/f/10838/s/add7231/l/0L0Sirishtimes0N0Cnewspaper0Cbreaking0C20A10A0C0A60A10Cbreaking640Bhtm/story01.htm --------------------- Added: 2010-06-01 Title: Documents you copy, fax may be stored for identity thieves http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/documents-you-copy-fax-may-be-stored-for-identity-thieves-738711.html?cxtype=rss_local-news 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