[ISN] [Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, November 7, 2010

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:12:49 -0600 (CST)
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Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary
Week of Sunday, November  7, 2010

6 Incidents Added.

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data loss incidents world-wide. The Open Security Foundation asks for 
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DataLossDB News/Updates

  No news this week!


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Incidents Added


Reported Date: 2010-11-11
Summary: Website malfunctioned and publicly displayed the personal information of about 75 people
Organizations: Service Canada
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3242
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Reported Date: 2010-11-11
Summary: Stolen documents expose 44,000 patients names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth and medical details
Organizations: Holy Cross Hospital
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3241
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Reported Date: 2010-11-10
Summary: Names and Social Security numbers of 163 townspeople posted on website
Organizations: New Hanover County
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3240
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Reported Date: 2010-11-08
Summary: Non-profit employment company misplaces personal records exposing names, addresses, dates of birth and social insurance numbers
Organizations: Work Link
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3237
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Reported Date: 2010-11-08
Summary: HIV statuses of citizens drafted into the military leaked by government workers
Organizations: Ministry of the Interior
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3238
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Reported Date: 2010-11-05
Summary: Mistakenly included sensitive information about one individual in response to the request by another individual to see their own records
Organizations: Portsmouth City Council
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3239
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Blotter Posts


Added: 2010-11-13
Title: Row over ID theft insurance
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11747016
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Added: 2010-11-13
Title: Man Learns Of Stolen Identity On Facebook
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/25773264/detail.html
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Added: 2010-11-13
Title: Laptop Theft Puts Connecticut VNA Patients At Risk
http://feeds.nbcconnecticut.com/click.phdo?i=4f74e36abcdfa550b65557a2c165010e
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Added: 2010-11-13
Title: Identity theft ring breaches Holy Cross
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sun-sentinel/news/local/southflorida/~3/ZBTPOTKvvro/fl-hk-holy-cross-id-20101110,0,368810.story
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Added: 2010-11-13
Title: County published some property owners' Social Security Numbers online
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20101109/articles/101109611
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Added: 2010-11-13
Title: New Computer System To Protect Businesses From Fraud
http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/nov/09/new-computer-system-protect-businesses-fraud-ar-285341/
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Added: 2010-11-13
Title: GSA employee's error exposes entire staff to potential identity theft
http://fcw.com/articles/2010/11/08/gsa-data-breach.aspx
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