Tag archive for ‘SSN’
Rip of the Week: 12,500 Medical Records Breached by Shands
In a breach sure to end up listed on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services breach bad-list, Shands at the University of Florida sent notification letters to about 12,500 people, warning them of a laptop theft at the end of January.
The Independent Florida Alligator reports (and thanks to lyger on DataLossDB for the [...]
Rip of the Week: 969 SSNs Breached by the Social Security Administration Itself
Thanks to kirniki over at DataLoss DB for a tip-off about a rather ironic breach. In this case, the Social Security Numbers of 969 people were breached by the Social Security Administration itself when an employee lost a presumably-unencrypted “computer disc” while traveling to Queens from the Bronx back in October.
The Queens Chronicle reports that [...]
Rip of the Week: Al Gore’s Daughter, and 250,000 Others, Breached by National Archives
A quarter-million people were put at risk by the National Archives and Record Administration, when an unencrypted hard drive “disappeared” nearly a year ago.
Fox News reports on the RollCall.com article (thanks to lyger for the tip). Apparently, the hard drive had been sent to NARA during the Clinton administration and contained Personally Identifying Information (PII), [...]
Rip of the Week: Thief Steals Safe Containing “Thousands” of SSNs from Goodwill
So much for charity and goodwill. A particularly vicious thief broke into a Goodwill location in Michigan and made off with a safe. The problem was, instead of a safe full of cash, he got a safe full of backup tapes containing Personally Identifying Information, including names, birth dates, and Social Security Numbers, of thousands [...]
Rip of the Week: 10,000 Detroiters At Risk After Data Breaches
Happy New Year to all! My hope would be for a 2010 that’s way better than 2009 with respect to the flood of data breaches. We shall see. I cannot say I’m truly optimistic.
This weeks’ Rip of the Week concerns two devices stolen from the health department in Detroit. Thanks go to Redemtech for the [...]
Rip of the Week: 12 Cal State U Laptops Stolen, Hundreds Now at Risk
This time, no less than a dozen unencrypted laptops (plus two desktops) were stolen from a research program at Cal State Los Angeles. CBS 2 reports that the theft occurred from the Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) program on campus.
As a result, “hundreds” of former students and faculty members may be at risk for identity [...]
Rip of the Week: Ministry Pleads “Bring it Back” After 1,000 SSNs Breached
The News Herald reports that East Burke Christian Ministries suffered a laptop theft that breached 1,000 clients’ Social Security Numbers. In this case, the ministry director, Carolyn Yoder, issued a plea to the thieves, asking for the return of the laptop.
“The problems that this could cause for Christian Ministries and our clients is great, so [...]
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