======================================================================== Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, October 24, 2010 10 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_at_private ======================================================================== DataLossDB News/Updates No news this week! ======================================================================== Incidents Added Reported Date: 2010-10-29 Summary: Students names, grades and Social Security numbers of 40,101 left exposed on a server for nearly a year Organizations: University of Hawaii http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3230 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-10-27 Summary: Student list containing names and Social Security numbers posted on the internet Organizations: University of Connecticut http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3229 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-10-27 Summary: Telstra sends misaddressed letters to over 200,000 customers Organizations: Telstra http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3221 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-10-18 Summary: Boxes of employee's personal info including W-2, drivers licenses, Social Security numbers, and tax information found by dumpster Organizations: Jackson Hewitt http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3226 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-10-16 Summary: Patient information stolen from a courier service, exposing patient insurance information and partial/full SSN Organizations: UC Davis Medical Center http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3223 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-10-14 Summary: A credit union employee stole customers names and credit card details Organizations: Fairwinds Credit Union, RBC http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3224 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-10-12 Summary: Employee steals credit card numbers from bank customers, sentenced to pay $1,071,871.33 in restitution Organizations: Citibank http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3225 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-10-01 Summary: Personal information including names, addresses and Social Security numbers left exposed on a desk by a federal investigator Organizations: Federal Prison Industries Inc, Lexington Federal Medical Center http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3222 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-07-26 Summary: Equipment stolen from facility exposes current and former employees name, SSN and fingerprints Organizations: Trade Center Management Association, LLC http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3227 --------------------- Reported Date: 2008-05-05 Summary: Desktop computer containing 180 patient details including names, dates of birth and clinical information was stolen Organizations: North West London Hospitals NHS Trust http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3228 --------------------- ======================================================================== Blotter Posts Added: 2010-10-30 Title: Banks' poor security forces 'one-in-ten' customers to switch http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102910-banks-poor-security-forces-one-in-ten.html?source=nww_rss --------------------- Added: 2010-10-30 Title: Tips to protect your identity http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2010/10/29/pf/saving/protect_your_identity/index.htm?section=money_pf_saving --------------------- Added: 2010-10-25 Title: How to Clear Old Cell Phones, Avoid ID Theft http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/25/earlyshow/contributors/susankoeppen/main6989386.shtml --------------------- Added: 2010-10-25 Title: Medical identity theft a more prevalent occurrence http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20101025_Medical_identity_theft_a_more_prevalent_occurrence.html --------------------- _______________________________________________ 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 ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Mon Nov 01 2010 - 22:02:56 PDT
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