Hampton VA Breach

[Al Mac <macwheel99 () sigecom net>]

A public computer in the Hampton Circuit Court building had data on 
homeowners from across the city, and Social Security numbers on many, but 
not all of them, in which anyone with Internet access could get this data.

> The computer was put in the court records building sometime early in 2002 
> to help title searchers go through public real estate records to make sure 
> that no back taxes were left on a property.  Current law could require 
> that Hampton send warning letters to notify every person whose information 
> could have been stolen.

This is not the first major breach for this area.

> In early May a laptop with sensitive information on about 26.5 million 
> veterans was stolen in Montgomery County, Md. And in February, Old 
> Dominion University officials in Norfolk informed more than 600 students 
> that their names and Social Security numbers had been accidentally placed 
> on the Internet.

http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-74086sy0jul14,0,2456559.story?track=mostemailedlink 


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