[ISN] [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, May 30, 2010

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 03:22:20 -0500 (CDT)
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Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary
Week of Sunday, May 30, 2010

20 Incidents Added.

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DataLossDB News/Updates

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Reported Date: 2009-07-22
Summary: Thousands of customers credit card numbers exposed by hacker
Organizations: Coffee.org
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2852
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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
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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
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Reported Date: 2009-02-16
Summary: Employee sends letters with account numbers to wrong addresses
Organizations: Capital One
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2845
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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
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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
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Reported Date: 2008-12-18
Summary: Thousands of accounts of employees exposed through 5 stolen laptops
Organizations: HealthEquity
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2853
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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
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Reported Date: 2008-03-07
Summary: Confidential file about clients unintentionally accessible through website
Organizations: Priority Health
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2846
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Blotter Posts


Added: 2010-06-06
Title: Small businesses spend over €2bn on security
http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/kfcwkfqlojkf/rss2/
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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/
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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
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Added: 2010-06-04
Title: AvMed: Breach of customer data three times worse than reported
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100603/articles/100609817
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Added: 2010-06-01
Title: Code on data breaches published
http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/851/f/10838/s/add7231/l/0L0Sirishtimes0N0Cnewspaper0Cbreaking0C20A10A0C0A60A10Cbreaking640Bhtm/story01.htm
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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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