======================================================================== Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, November 21, 2010 5 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: 2010-11-23 Summary: 400,000 records in Internet database managed by subsidiary accessed without authorization Organizations: Puerto Rico Department of Health, Medical Card System http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3257 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-11-23 Summary: Employee steals 14 patients names and Social Security numbers Organizations: Pacific Hospital http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3256 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-11-23 Summary: Documents containing names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers left out in alley Organizations: State Department of Labor & Industries, Washington State Employees Credit Union http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3254 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-11-22 Summary: Lost USB stick contained 40 childrens personal details Organizations: Stoke-on-Trent City Council http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3255 --------------------- Reported Date: 2010-11-18 Summary: Mailing error exposes AARP members names, phone number, date of birth and policy numbers Organizations: American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3253 --------------------- ======================================================================== Blotter Posts Added: 2010-11-23 Title: Cyberscams, identity theft cause shoppers to be wary about online shopping http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/11/cyberscams-identity-theft-cause-shoppers-to-be-wary-about-online-shopping--/1?csp=34 --------------------- Added: 2010-11-23 Title: Two former University of Central Missouri students charged with hacking, identity theft http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/22/2462909/two-former-university-of-central.html --------------------- Added: 2010-11-23 Title: Police warning on festive theft http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-11805523 --------------------- _______________________________________________ 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 29 2010 - 22:23:18 PST
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