[Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, May 2, 2010

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Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary
Week of Sunday, May  2, 2010

6 Incidents Added.

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DataLossDB News/Updates

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Incidents Added


Reported Date: 2010-05-07
Summary: Hundreds of documents containing names, addresses, bank account details thrown in dumpster
Organizations:  Fast Cash Plus Inc
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2765
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Reported Date: 2010-05-07
Summary: Personal and financial details of 300 loan applicants found in dumpster
Organizations: FHG Finance
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2764
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Reported Date: 2010-05-03
Summary: 24,600 individuals notified after a flash drive was came up missing 
Organizations: Our Lady of Peace
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2760
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Reported Date: 2010-04-30
Summary: Billing service provider reports stolen unencrypted portable drive containing clients PII and financial 
information 
Organizations: Emergency Healthcare Physicians, Millennium Medical Management Resources
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2761
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Reported Date: 2010-04-13
Summary: Hackers captured the passwords of anyone using bug-tracking service
Organizations: Apache.org
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2763
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Reported Date: 2010-04-08
Summary: Portable storage device stolen from employee car, containing personal information about employees
Organizations: SFN Professional Service LLC
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2762
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Blotter Posts


Added: 2010-05-08
Title: ID theft retrial in Palin hacking hinges on appeal
http://www2.richmond.com/content/2010/may/07/id-theft-retrial-in-palin-hacking-hinges-94006/
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Added: 2010-05-08
Title: Security truths get lost in the cloud
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2010/050310id2.html?source=nww_rss
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Added: 2010-05-07
Title: 25% On Facebook Don't Use Privacy Controls
http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224700785&cid=RSSfeed_TechWeb
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Added: 2010-05-07
Title: Vancouver police investigate identity theft case involving 400 people
http://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2010/05/vancouver_police_investigate_identity_theft_case_involving_400_people.html
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Added: 2010-05-07
Title: Social network users found to endanger privacy
http://feeds.sfgate.com/click.phdo?i=4e1811782bee69f8b1d139d197f297c5
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Added: 2010-05-07
Title: Identity Theft: What You Need to Know
http://blogs.forbes.com/moneybuilder/2010/05/04/identity-theft-what-you-need-to-know/
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