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ChoicePoint Fined for Security Breach
ChoicePoint Inc. will pay federal regulators $275,000 for a data breach in 2008 that compromised the personal information of 13,750 people and put them at risk of identify theft, the Federal Trade Commission reported. In April 2008, ChoicePoint turned off … Continue reading
Heartland Breach Puts Your Data at Risk
Heartland Payment Systems has disclosed that intruders hacked into the computers it uses to process 100 million payment card transactions per month for 175,000 merchants. Heartland’s president and CFO, said in a USA TODAY interview that the intruders had access … Continue reading
Personal Information of 159,000 Administaff Employees Compromised
An Administaff company laptop containing the personal information of 159,000 employees was stolen from a company employee. The laptop was stolen from a company employee’s car while they were shopping for groceries on October 3rd, 2007. The information on the … Continue reading
Stolen Laptop Contains Transportation Department Worker Information
“In Washington state, a burglar stole a laptop containing the personal information of 1,400 current and former employees of the King County Transportation Department. The information contained the names, addresses, and social security numbers of current and former employees. The … Continue reading
Massachusetts Regulators Mistakenly Sent Out Disks with Personal Information
In Massachusetts the Divisions of Professional Licensure and Health Professions Licensure sent out information to marketing firms and other businesses containing the personal data, including Social Security numbers, of 450,000 licensed professionals. The Division of Professional Licensure notified both the … Continue reading
Pfizer Suffers Second Breach in Two Months
Two laptops were stolen on May 31 from a locked car in Boston. The laptops were in the possession of management-consulting firm Axia Ltd. The laptops contained the personal information of 950 health care professionals – including taxpayer identification numbers, … Continue reading
Personal Information of 30,000 Medical Center Patients Available Online
Patient records were available by web search during a four-week period after Sky Lakes Medical Center (Oregon) shut down its online bill-payment system, and a third-party, Verus, Inc., transferred the data from one server to another to perform maintenance. The … Continue reading
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