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Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
Data Loss Source: Burglars stole personal files from Crosslines Ministries of Carthage, a food and clothing bank for low-income families.
Date of Loss: February 15, 2008
Size of Loss : 2,000
Affected Individuals: Families
Geographic Focus: Carthage, MO
Data contained: Files contained the names, ages and social security numbers of close to 2,000 individuals who have used Crosslines Services.
Additional Notes: Police are urging anyone who has been a customer of Crosslines to contact their bank and the three credit bureaus, as well as be on the lookout for fraud.
Additional Information: KOAM TV
Posted in Crosslines Ministries of Carthage data breach, ID theft, Social Security numbers, Uncategorized, fraud, identity theft, identity theft prevention, identity theft protection, security breach | No Comments »
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Data Loss Source: Lexmark International inadvertently employee information on a company file transfer site.
Date of Loss: February 15, 2008
Size of Loss : Unknown
Affected Individuals: DWP water and power employees
Geographic Focus: Lexington, KY
Data contained: The company will not say publicly what type of data was posted, but it did tell affected employees.
Additional Notes: Affected employees are being offered free credit-monitoring insurance and identity-theft insurance for a year.
Additional Information: Kentucky.com
Posted in Lexmark International data breach, Uncategorized, credit monitoring, employee data, employee data breach, employee information, employee records, identity theft, identity theft fraud, identity theft prevention, identity theft protection | No Comments »
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Data Loss Source: A computer containing personal information on Systematic Automation Inc/Los Angeles DWP water and power employees was stolen from an outside vendor.
Date of Loss: February 15, 2008< Size of Loss: 8,275
Affected Individuals: DWP water and power employees
Geographic Focus: Fullerton, CA
Data contained: A The data that was taken on active DWP employees included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, employee identification numbers, salaries, work locations, deferred compensation balances (but not account numbers), insurance plan coverage and health care benefits selection.
Additional Notes: The utility will pay for a credit monitoring service for each of its 8,275 workers.
Additional Information: Los Angeles Times
Posted in ID theft, Stolen Computer, Systematic Automation Inc/Los Angeles DWP data breach, Uncategorized, employee data, identity theft, identity theft prevention, identity theft protection | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Data Loss Source: Long Island University has sent letters to 25,000 to 30,000 students informing them that tax forms mailed to them last week in “defective mailers” might have led to identity theft, and recommended that students put fraud alerts on their credit files.
Date of Loss: February 12, 2008
Size of Loss: 25,000
Affected Individuals: Current LIU students
Geographic Focus: Long Island, NY
Data contained: A 1098-T tuition statement, which has to be sent to every student who paid tuition in the 2007 calendar year and postmarked by Jan. 31, contains the student’s name, address and Social Security number.
Additional Notes: The mailers containing each student’s annual 1098-T “Tuition Statement” were supposed to have adhesive on all four sides. But one side of each envelope was missing adhesive, according to LIU officials, which caused about half of the statements to be damaged by U.S. Postal Service processing machinery.
Additional Information: Newsday
Posted in ID theft, Long Island University data breach, Uncategorized, identity theft, security breach, tax time identity theft | No Comments »
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Data Loss Source: Thieves who broke into the Diocese of Providence stole a computer that contained a major amount of personal data on diocese employees.
Date of Loss: February 2, 2008
Size of Loss: 5,000 records
Affected Individuals: Current and former Catholic school employees.
Geographic Focus: Providence, RI
Data contained: The theft possibly exposed names, addresses and Social Security numbers.
Additional Notes: All diocese computers are password protected. The diocese is urging current and former employees who might have been affected to put a fraud alert on their credit reports.
Additional Information: Boston Globe
Posted in Diocese of Providence data breach, ID theft, Social Security numbers, Uncategorized, credit freeze, employee records, fraud alert, identity theft, security breach, stolen laptop | No Comments »
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