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UW data breach, 60k compromised
Posted on December 27th, 2010 No commentsThe University of Wisconsin sent out letters to roughly 60,000 students and staff, warning that hackers had managed to breach a campus ID database containing names, social security numbers and other sensitive information, reports the eSecurity Planet.
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Server Hacked At OSU; 760,000 Affected
Posted on December 19th, 2010 No commentsOhio State University is notifying up to 760,000 students, professors and others that their names and Social Security numbers might have made it to cyberspace in one of the largest and most costly breaches to hit a college campus.
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Service Members Face New Threat: Identity Theft
Posted on December 9th, 2010 No commentsThe Social Security numbers of military personnel are used for everything from filling out health forms to checking out basketballs at the gym.
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Many employees careless about sensitive data outside workplace
Posted on December 7th, 2010 No commentsTwo-thirds of employees expose sensitive data outside the workplace… This data includes highly sensitive information such as customer credit card numbers, customer Social Security numbers, patient medical information, and internal corporate financial information.
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Used Cell Phones Allow Identity Theft, Expert Says
Posted on December 2nd, 2010 No commentsPeople should be thinking twice when donating or reselling old cell phones, a security expert said. “Sometimes your phone number is almost as valuable as your Social Security number,” said security expert Tom Berry.
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ID Theft: It's Who You Know
Posted on December 2nd, 2010 No commentsPrivacy Expert Says Insiders Are the Greatest RiskWhen financial institutions and businesses store Social Security numbers in databases, they run the risk of exposing their customers to insider threats.
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UH sued over data breach
Posted on November 19th, 2010 No commentsUniversity of Hawaii alumnus Philippe Gross applied for a job at the state Department of Health in February. That’s when he was notified there are four other names associated with his Social Security number.
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Stolen numbers, stolen identities
Posted on November 18th, 2010 No commentsDocument counterfeiters often choose a Social Security number at random when creating a fake card. That can mean trouble for somebody else.
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GSA error exposes entire staff to potential identity theft
Posted on November 9th, 2010 No commentsA GSA employee’s error has exposed the Social Security numbers of everyone in the agency.
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U.S. Workers Are on Alert After Breach of Data
Posted on November 7th, 2010 No commentsAn employee of the General Services Administration sent the names and Social Security numbers of the agency’s entire staff to a private e-mail address.
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