======================================================================== Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, November 7, 2010 6 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: 2010-11-11 Summary: Website malfunctioned and publicly displayed the personal information of about 75 people Organizations: Service Canada http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3242 --------------------- 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 --------------------- 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 --------------------- 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 --------------------- 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 --------------------- 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 --------------------- ======================================================================== Blotter Posts Added: 2010-11-13 Title: Row over ID theft insurance http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11747016 --------------------- Added: 2010-11-13 Title: Man Learns Of Stolen Identity On Facebook http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/25773264/detail.html --------------------- Added: 2010-11-13 Title: Laptop Theft Puts Connecticut VNA Patients At Risk http://feeds.nbcconnecticut.com/click.phdo?i=4f74e36abcdfa550b65557a2c165010e --------------------- 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 --------------------- Added: 2010-11-13 Title: County published some property owners' Social Security Numbers online http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20101109/articles/101109611 --------------------- 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/ --------------------- 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 --------------------- _______________________________________________ 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 15 2010 - 22:12:49 PST
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