[Dataloss Weekly Summary] Week of Sunday, October 24, 2010

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Open Security Foundation - DataLossDB Weekly Summary
Week of Sunday, October 24, 2010

10 Incidents Added.

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Incidents Added


Reported Date: 2010-10-29
Summary: Students names, grades and Social Security numbers of 40,101 left exposed on a server for nearly a year
Organizations: University of Hawaii
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3230
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Reported Date: 2010-10-27
Summary: Student list containing names and Social Security numbers posted on the internet
Organizations: University of Connecticut
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3229
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Reported Date: 2010-10-27
Summary: Telstra sends misaddressed letters to over 200,000 customers
Organizations: Telstra
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3221
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Reported Date: 2010-10-18
Summary: Boxes of employee's personal info including W-2, drivers licenses, Social Security numbers, and tax 
information found by dumpster
Organizations: Jackson Hewitt
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3226
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Reported Date: 2010-10-16
Summary: Patient information stolen from a courier service, exposing patient insurance information and partial/full SSN
Organizations: UC Davis Medical Center
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3223
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Reported Date: 2010-10-14
Summary: A credit union employee stole customers names and credit card details
Organizations: Fairwinds Credit Union, RBC
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3224
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Reported Date: 2010-10-12
Summary: Employee steals credit card numbers from bank customers, sentenced to pay $1,071,871.33 in restitution
Organizations: Citibank
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3225
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Reported Date: 2010-10-01
Summary: Personal information including names, addresses and Social Security numbers left exposed on a desk by a 
federal investigator
Organizations: Federal Prison Industries Inc, Lexington Federal Medical Center
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3222
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Reported Date: 2010-07-26
Summary: Equipment stolen from facility exposes current and former employees name, SSN and fingerprints
Organizations: Trade Center Management Association, LLC
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3227
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Reported Date: 2008-05-05
Summary: Desktop computer containing 180 patient details including names, dates of birth and clinical information was 
stolen
Organizations: North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
http://datalossdb.org/incidents/3228
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Blotter Posts


Added: 2010-10-30
Title: Banks' poor security forces 'one-in-ten' customers to switch
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102910-banks-poor-security-forces-one-in-ten.html?source=nww_rss
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Added: 2010-10-30
Title: Tips to protect your identity
http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2010/10/29/pf/saving/protect_your_identity/index.htm?section=money_pf_saving
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Added: 2010-10-25
Title: How to Clear Old Cell Phones, Avoid ID Theft
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/25/earlyshow/contributors/susankoeppen/main6989386.shtml
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Added: 2010-10-25
Title: Medical identity theft a more prevalent occurrence
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20101025_Medical_identity_theft_a_more_prevalent_occurrence.html
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