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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 258 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: hackers snag credit card numbers grocery chain comments Discuss  
More than 2,000 cases of fraud have been linked to a hacker whostole thousands of credit card numbers after breaching security at twoU.S. grocery store chains....Exchange and SharePoint Hosting Plans Get your employees online with Exchange e-mail, calendar sharing, and SharePoint today! read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 234 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn stolen nih laptop held social security numbers comments Discuss  
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/09/AR2008040903680.htmlBy Rick Weiss and Ellen NakashimaWashington Post Staff WritersApril 10, 2008Social Security numbers for more than 1,200 participants in a National Institutes of Health study were stored on a stolen laptop containing their medical records, putting those patients at risk of identity theft, agency officials said yesterday.NIH officials had initially assured the more than 3,000 patients whose records were on the laptop that the read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 32 days ago
Via: http://voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: gao localities expose social security numbers online comments Discuss  
Many county governments across the U.S. are providing citizen's full or partial Social Security Numbers available online or in bulk to prviate companies, according to a Government Accountability Office report released last week. At a time when states are seeking additional laws to punish businesses that inadvertently leak their citizens' personal and financial data, the GAO's findings would appear to highlight an overlooked area of consumer protection, as states weigh trade-offs between open-records laws, read more »
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