======================================================================== Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, March 6, 2011 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: 2011-03-09 Summary: Flash drive containing personal information taken from a human resources office Organizations: Midlands Technical College http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3415 --------------------- Reported Date: 2011-03-09 Summary: 45 students' names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers provided to a third party by student employees Organizations: Eastern Michigan University http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3418 --------------------- Reported Date: 2011-03-08 Summary: Backup hard drive containing faculty and student names, Social Number numbers and academic records gone missing Organizations: Western Michigan University http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3414 --------------------- Reported Date: 2011-03-01 Summary: Hacker obtained hotel guests' credit card information Organizations: Se San Diego Hotel http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3419 --------------------- Reported Date: 2011-02-01 Summary: Employee accessed and disclosed customers' names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and bank account information to others Organizations: Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3416 --------------------- Reported Date: 2011-01-28 Summary: Doctor's and vendors' names and Social Security Numbers used to open utilities accounts Organizations: Texas Children's Hospital http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3417 --------------------- ======================================================================== Blotter Posts Added: 2011-03-13 Title: DeKalb Police say they nabbed identity theft kingpin http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2011/03/11/dekalb-police-say-they-nabbed-identity-theft-kingpin/aijt67h/ --------------------- Added: 2011-03-12 Title: Identity data of Texas Children's doctors used in scam http://feeds.chron.com/~r/houstonchronicle/metro/~3/2DdNsmPalVw/7468040.html --------------------- Added: 2011-03-11 Title: Tax Related Identity Theft Scams up 300% http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-siciliano/tax-related-identity-thef_b_833669.html --------------------- Added: 2011-03-11 Title: Colorado No. 1 for consumer fraud complaints http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_denver/~3/oRwhU_9hwqU/complaints.html --------------------- Added: 2011-03-11 Title: Real Estate Listings Used In ID Theft Scheme http://www.kmbc.com/news/27163795/detail.html --------------------- Added: 2011-03-10 Title: Reporting a data breach may be hazardous to your well-being (part 2) http://www.examiner.com/headlines-in-madison/reporting-a-data-breach-may-be-hazardous-to-your-well-being-part-2 --------------------- Added: 2011-03-09 Title: How Credit Reports Can Protect You From Identity Theft http://blogs.forbes.com/moneybuilder/2011/03/09/how-credit-reports-can-protect-you-from-identity-theft/ --------------------- Added: 2011-03-09 Title: MN ranked 36th in nation for ID theft http://feeds.bizjournals.com/~r/bizj_twincities/~3/vDG_QlNQSXs/mn-ranked-36th-in-nation-for-id-theft.html --------------------- Added: 2011-03-09 Title: Seer Green teen gets four years for 'internet crime site' http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/localnews/beaconsfield/8898651.Bucks_teen_gets_four_years_for__internet_crime_site_/ --------------------- Added: 2011-03-08 Title: Hard drive containing personal information of some Western Michigan University students and faculty missing; spokeswoman sees 'low risk' of identity theft http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/03/some_western_michigan_universi.html --------------------- Added: 2011-03-08 Title: No. 1 consumer complaint: Identity theft http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_pf/~3/3GDE0ySgvRc/index.htm --------------------- _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss_at_private) CREDANT Technologies, a leader in data security, offers advanced data encryption solutions. 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