[Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, May 9, 2010

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Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary
Week of Sunday, May  9, 2010

11 Incidents Added.

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Incidents Added


Reported Date: 2010-05-13
Summary: Contractors stolen laptop contained media with 207,000 reservists names, addresses and Social Security numbers
Organizations: United States Army Reserve, Serco Inc
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2775
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Reported Date: 2010-05-12
Summary: 644 Social Security numbers exposed on contractor stolen laptop
Organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2776
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Reported Date: 2010-05-12
Summary: Stolen laptop exposes 1100 patients details including names, dates of birth and hospital numbers
Organizations: Peterborough District Hospital
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2769
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Reported Date: 2010-05-11
Summary: Subcontractor's stolen laptop exposes 9500 names, health plan numbers and Social Security numbers
Organizations: West Monroe Partners LLC, DentaQuest, New Mexico Human Services Department
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2774
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Reported Date: 2010-05-10
Summary: Names, addresses, phone numbers, account numbers, social security numbers and other identifiers exposed due to 
files not properly moved
Organizations: Los Angeles Firemen's Credit Union
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2777
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Reported Date: 2010-05-10
Summary: 77 boxes of documents containing customers names, Social Security numbers, cancelled checks were impropertly 
disposed
Organizations: Mid Atlantic Processing
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2768
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Reported Date: 2009-08-14
Summary: Hacker logged into administrators website and opened on-line orders - containing names with credit card numbers
Organizations: Aztec Marketing Co.
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2773
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Reported Date: 2009-04-28
Summary: 10 Lab specimens labeled with names, insurance numbers, dates of birth and Social Security numbers stolen
Organizations: Caritas Christi Health Care
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2771
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Reported Date: 2009-02-25
Summary: 14 original checks missing after mailing between branches
Organizations: Pearson Education, Inc.
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2766
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Reported Date: 2008-05-29
Summary: Laptop stolen containing personal data of clients
Organizations: Ameriprise Financial
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2767
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Reported Date: 2007-11-06
Summary: Shareholder accounts fraudulenty accessed by temporary employee
Organizations: AT&T, Computershare Inc
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/2772
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Blotter Posts


Added: 2010-05-14
Title: Identity Theft: How To Avoid It
http://www.forbes.com/2010/05/14/how-to-avoid-identity-theft-personal-finance-fraud.html?feed=rss_finance
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Added: 2010-05-14
Title: Mass. couple faces identity theft charges
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/ci_15076752?source=rss
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Added: 2010-05-14
Title: Ukrainian arrested in India on TJX data-theft charges
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/051410-ukrainian-arrested-in-india-on.html?source=nww_rss
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Added: 2010-05-12
Title: U.S. airport security officers targeted in ID theft
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/wsleAXF57-o/idUSTRE64B63X20100512
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Added: 2010-05-12
Title: National identity card scheme to be axed
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/national-identity-card-scheme-to-be-axed-1971897.html
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Added: 2010-05-10
Title: Identity theft opens door to woes
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/sun-sentinel/news/local/miami/~3/xnL-SqKewl4/fl-identity-theft-20100509,0,7859473.story
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Added: 2010-05-10
Title: Ohio's open record laws linked to identity theft
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20100509/NEWS01/5090313/
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