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Data Breaches

Even Hospital Patients Need to be Vigilant about Protecting Their Identities

December 18, 2009

A December 10 article in the Las Vegas Sun states that patients at University Medical Center do not have to be notified for 60 days if their information is involved in a data breach – which recently happened to at least 21 patients; one of which learned of the breach of his medical records from [...]

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Heartland Hackers – Largest ID Theft Case In History Sees Perpetrators Indicted

August 26, 2009

You may have already heard about the August 18 indictment of Albert Gonzales and accomplices, regarding the theft of over 130 million debit and credit card numbers, making it the biggest ID theft case prosecuted in the history of the crime. Gonzales, a former government informant, on the subject of credit card fraud nonetheless, used [...]

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California Medical Data Breaches and Suleman’s Octuplets

August 5, 2009

Most everyone in the United States and millions of people around the world have become familiar with “Octomom” Nadya Suleman, who gave birth to octuplets, all of whom survived. Since this story garnered so much public interest, it piqued the media’s collective interest as well, which resulted in some unfortunate behavior.
Employees at the Kaiser Permanente [...]

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Heartland Payment Systems Data Breach May Be First to Expose Over 100 Million Americans

January 30, 2009

Heartland Payment Systems recently announced a data breach due to malicious software (malware) that stole an unknown number of payment transactions and may affect upwards of 100 million Americans making it the largest data breach on record and eclipsing TJX, which owns retailers TJ Maxx and Marshalls, whose breach affected 94 million customers. The malware [...]

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Will 2008 be a record year for data breaches and Identity Theft Victims?

December 11, 2008

You shred your credit card statements, guard you Social Security number and always put your outgoing mail in a locked box, all to protect yourself from the risk of identity theft. Unfortunately, in this day in age, no matter how hard you try to safeguard your information on your own, it will most likely not [...]

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University of Florida College of Dentistry Data Breach

December 3, 2008

A month after the initial discovery, former dental patients of the University of Florida College of Dentistry are just now being informed of unauthorized access to their information.
Over 330,000 former patients, some dating back to 1990, have been notified that their information, which includes names, address, birthdates and Social Security number, had been accessed by [...]

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The Dreaded Data Breach Letter

October 24, 2008

Getting an official looking letter in the mail is rarely good news. Oftentimes it means a jury summons or a property tax bill or as is becoming very common in the last few years, a notice that you have been the victim of a data breach. Companies often use the mail to notify you that [...]

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Pakistan Identity Theft Ring Rings Alarm Bells Worldwide

October 16, 2008

A recent European data breach has rung alarm bells worldwide. According to the Wall Street Journal European law-enforcement officials discovered a high tech identity theft ring that funnels account data to Pakistan and has affected big retailers like Walmart Stores and Tesco in Britain.
What has raised alarm bells, in addition to the fact that [...]

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Sampling of Data Breaches Reported in September 2008

October 9, 2008

Data breaches continue to be reported at alarming rates even though there is evidence that a lot of corporations fail to report as required in 37 States. To date there have been 524 data breaches affecting over 30 Million Americans. This is a sharp increase from the 424 breaches reported in 2007. It [...]

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European Data Breaches Highlight This Months Update

September 3, 2008

What’s interesting about data breaches reported in August 2008 is the extent of breaches in foreign countries. The largest and most disturbing breach may affect many Americans as well. According to the Sunday Herald of the UK an investigation has discovered that
“a previously unknown Indian hacker successfully breached the IT defences of [...]

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