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The number of electronic
information privacy and security incidents continue to rise. As
a result, notable companies are getting front page coverage in
which they wish to avoid. These articles reiterate the fact that
many of the world’s largest companies have still not adequately
implemented strategic solutions for protecting their most valuable
data. Consider CipherPass’ C~suite as a strategic data protection
solution to help your company “Avoid the Headlines.” |
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| APR 9, 2007 |
| Laptop theft exposes teachers to ID fraud risk |
About 40,000 Chicago Public Schools employees are at risk of identity fraud after two laptops containing their personal information were stolen on Friday. The computers were taken from the CPS headquarters, the organization said in a statement. The laptops belong to accounting firm McGladrey and Pullen and its subcontractor, who were reviewing contributions to the Chicago Teacher Pension Fund, according to the statement. |
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| MAR 27, 2007 |
| Stolen US Army Laptop Contained Payroll Data |
A US government laptop computer containing the names, social security numbers and payroll information of roughly 16,000 army training and doctrine command civilian employees was stolen this month from an employee's vehicle parked outside her home, Army officials have announced.
The Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, is headquartered at Fort Monroe in Hampton. The theft occurred near Fort Lee, a TRADOC army base near Petersburg. |
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The personal information - including Social Security numbers - of 71,000 Indiana state health care workers were accessed by a hacker in January.
The attacker accessed the data, as well as the credit card information of 5,600 individuals and businesses.
Notification letters have been sent to certified nurse’s aides, medication aides and home health aides, warning them to review credit reports for misuse.
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| The latest case of potential identity theft could affect thousands of people here in our area. Someone stole 4- laptop computers from Hospital Corporation of America employees, which operates Gulf Coast Medical Center.The computer thefts did not happen here, but those computers contained information on almost 10-thousand local patients. The first theft happened in November, when someone stole 3-laptop computers out of a vehicle in another part of the country. The fourth computer was stolen this month, in a different state.Its a total of 4 stolen laptops in 2 separate incidents that included about 98-hundred names of patients at Gulf Coast Medical Center. |
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| Courier-Journal |
FEB 15, 2007 |
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Computer tapes containing Social Security numbers and other personal information about more than 300,000 insurance company customers -- including Anthem health plan members in Kentucky and Indiana -- were stolen late last year from a Massachusetts office.
While information on the tapes is the type often used in committing identity theft, there have been no reports of misuse of the stolen data, said Jim Kappel, spokesman for the Indianapolis-based WellPoint, the nation's largest health insurer and parent company of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
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The TJX Companies, the discount retailer best known for its T.J. Maxx and Marshalls clothing stores, said Wednesday that its hacking investigation has uncovered more extensive exposure of credit and debit card data than it previously believed.
Information on millions of TJX customers may have been exposed in the long-running attack, which was made public last month. It affects customers of any of TJX store in the U.S., Canada or Puerto Rico, with the exception of its Bob's Stores chain.
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| News 14 Carolina |
JAN 16, 2007 |
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| Thousands of North Carolinians are vulnerable after the laptop of a state employee was stolen. The State Department of Revenue says a thief broke into the car of one of its workers in December and took the computer containing personal information. Now it's possible social security numbers and sensitive material are unprotected. |
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| Palm Beach post |
JAN 3, 2007 |
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ATLANTA — Emory University officials said Tuesday they have sent letters to more than 38,000 patients who have been treated for cancer at Emory Hospital, Emory Crawford Long Hospital and Grady Memorial Hospital, warning them that a computer containing their personal information was stolen from a business contractor in Ohio.
Emory officials said they believe it is unlikely patients will be affected, but they are advising patients to put a fraud alert on their credit reports to prevent identity theft.
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| Akron News Now |
DEC 29, 2006 |
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KeyCorp has notified customers in Ohio and other states that private information about them was taken when a laptop computer was stolen from an outside vendor.
Officials say the information on 9,300 customers may include Social Security Numbers. Corporate communications for the Cleveland-based bank say affected customers were notified by mail.
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| Univeristy at Colorado - Bolder News Center |
DEC 15, 2006 |
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University of Colorado at Boulder officials today announced that a server in the campus's Academic Advising Center was the subject of a computer attack.
CU-Boulder officials said they had begun the process of notifying 17,500 individuals that their personal information - including names and Social Security numbers - might have been exposed in the attack. CU-Boulder officials are continuing to determine the extent of information exposed.
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