data loss weekly summary

Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary Week of Sunday, April 25, 2010

11 Incidents Added.

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Incidents Added


Reported Date: 2010-04-29
Summary: Stolen computers expose 20,000 patients names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers
Organizations: St. Jude Heritage Medical Center
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2759
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Reported Date: 2010-04-28
Summary: Payroll services company erroneously merges two organizations' data, exposing names, Social Security numbers, and benefits information of employees
Organizations: Paychex
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2757
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Reported Date: 2010-04-28
Summary: Stolen hard drive exposes 5,418 patients names, addresses, dates of birth, and medical numbers
Organizations: The Medical Center at Bowling Green
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2758
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Reported Date: 2010-04-28
Summary: Employee accidentally emails students names, addresses and Social Security numbers
Organizations: Montana Tech of The University of Montana
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2756
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Reported Date: 2010-04-26
Summary: Email attachment exposes 33 students email including names, GPAs and student ID numbers
Organizations: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2750
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Reported Date: 2010-04-26
Summary: Employee steals at least 70 adoptive and foster parents personal details
Organizations: Texas Child Protective Services Division
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2751
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Reported Date: 2010-04-26
Summary: Hundreds of patients medical files dumped outside closed office exposing names, addresses, Social Security numbers
Organizations: DRC Physical Therapy Plus
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2749
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Reported Date: 2010-04-23
Summary: Data backup inadvertently sent to an unauthorized storage source
Organizations: ESB Financial
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2754
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Reported Date: 2008-12-08
Summary: Lost Computer contained personal information
Organizations: YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2752
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Reported Date: 2008-05-02
Summary: Problem with data processing caused mail documents to goto wrong customers
Organizations: Sterling Jewlers Inc.
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2753
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Reported Date: 2008-02-12
Summary: Individual found to have copies of confidential documents including personal information.
Organizations: Marlborough Hospital
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2755
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Blotter Posts


Added: 2010-05-01
Title: Palin hacker found guilty on two counts http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SCMagazineHome/~3/wKD2hi43Ugw/
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Added: 2010-04-29
Title: Report: Palin e-mail snooping jury deadlocked http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176146/Report_Palin_e_mail_snooping_jury_deadlocked?source=rss_networking
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Added: 2010-04-29
Title: Medicare scam makes the rounds statewide http://blog.dispatch.com/wallet/2010/04/medicare_scam_makes_the_rounds.shtml
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Added: 2010-04-29
Title: How Data Laws Slap Insecure Companies http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/27/breach-disclosure-data-technology-security-laws.html?feed=rss_home
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Added: 2010-04-29
Title: Washington driver license changing to protect IDs http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011720527_apwadriverlicensechange.html?syndication=rss
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Added: 2010-04-27
Title: US court sentences Indian to 81 months in prison http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World-Indians-Abroad/US-court-sentences-Indian-to-81-months-in-prison/articleshow/5862167.cms
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Added: 2010-04-27
Title: Vets use settlement millions from identity-theft suit against VA to help other vets http://feeds.nydailynews.com/~r/nydnrss/news/~3/3ktvti24xvc/2010-04-27_vets_use_settlement_millions_to_help_vets.html
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Added: 2010-04-27
Title: Tidal wave of ID theft fraud sweeps the UK, survey reveals http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/04/26/241034/tidal-wave-of-id-theft-fraud-sweeps-the-uk-survey-reveals.htm
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Added: 2010-04-27
Title: How Well Do Hospitals Protect Your Data? Abysmally
http://feeds.informationweek.com/click.phdo?i=aaa3646e7ef5598a22fdf42cc604f880
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