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Going back to school on security

February 13, 2008 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds that educational institutions have been anything but smart about preventing security breaches. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, institution, back-to-school, university, data security, student, person, USB flash drive, security, hard drive

Stolen: Google employees' personal data

July 3, 2008 Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of pre-2006 staffers were taken from offices of Colt Express Outsourcing Services. TAGS: Google Inc., Social Security, social security number, credit card, security

H&R Block blunder exposes consumer data

January 4, 2006 Company inadvertently prints Social Security numbers on promotional mailings, but says security risk is low. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, incident, identity theft

Veterans' data swiped in theft

May 22, 2006 Personal information including Social Security numbers is taken during robbery of government employee's home. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, theft, veteran, Gartner Inc., department, security

California university reports data hack

March 18, 2005 CSU-Chico has informed more than 59,000 people that their personal data may have been compromised in an attack on the school's servers. TAGS: university, social security number, Social Security, school, student, California, server

Sacred Heart is latest university to be hacked

May 26, 2006 TV station says personal data of 135,000 was possibly exposed, including people who were never associated with the school. TAGS: university, social security number, school, Social Security, recruiting, hacker, TV, security, server

House committee endorses SSN limits, antispyware effort

May 10, 2007 Two bills win unanimous approval from a key committee, paving the way for a floor vote, but some outside Congress still have reservations. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, bill, anti-spyware, Rep., requirement, limit, spyware

FBI probes network breach at Stanford

May 26, 2005 Computer system security breach may have put the personal information of nearly 10,000 people at risk. TAGS: incident, Stanford, social security number, Social Security, university, personal information, California, security

UCLA break-in puts data on 800,000 at risk

December 12, 2006 For more than a year, an intruder has been accessing private information on students and staff, among others, the university says. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, security breach, university, staff, personal information, database, student, security

Start-up launches identity-theft search service

January 24, 2007 Service lets people check if their data is being traded online by criminals, but critics say it could be a boon for the same crooks. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, criminal, identity theft, fraud, Sunbelt Software, credit card, search technology, database, start-up, agency, CEO

HP warned on leak probe's legality

September 30, 2006 In August, outside lawyers said using Social Security numbers to get phone records "more likely than not" violated law. TAGS: Patricia Dunn, social security number, Mark Hurd, Social Security, pretexting, investigation, SEC filing, counsel, HP, lawyer, CEO, security

Ohio University suffers security breaches

May 12, 2006 Data thieves may have plundered Social Security numbers and other private info belonging to students and faculty. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, university, school, student, health, security, server

Marriott loses data on 200,000 customers

January 3, 2006 Computer tapes containing bank details, Social Security numbers of Marriott Vacation Club clients have gone missing. TAGS: tape, social security number, Social Security, bank, backup

Laptop theft puts data of 98,000 at risk

March 29, 2005 PC stolen from UC Berkeley graduate admissions office held sensitive data on thousands of people, stretching back three decades. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, incident, data loss, graduate student, theft, university, school, personal information, laptop computer, security

Hacker may have pilfered personal data from USDA

June 22, 2006 Agriculture Dept. tells 26,000 employees, contractors that their names, Social Security numbers, photos may be at risk. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, agency, contractor, personal information, hacker, hacking, monitoring, database, photograph

Spyware, data privacy bills reappear in House

February 9, 2007 Congress has tried for years to enact spyware regulations and restrictions on Social Security numbers, with no luck so far. TAGS: Rep., social security number, Social Security, bill, spyware, regulation, pretexting, sale, agency, security

Congress may slap restrictions on SSN use

May 11, 2006 Identity fraud concerns spur promises of new laws restricting some commercial uses of Social Security numbers. TAGS: Social Security, identity fraud, social security number, HIPAA, politician, Republican, restriction, database

States fiddle while defrauders steal

June 21, 2005 States lag in investing in systems to detect fraud, which will cost the public big-time, warns SurePayroll President Michael Alter. TAGS: unemployment insurance, fraud, Social Security, social security number, crime, credit card company, identity theft, payroll, initiative, agency, credit card, database

Boston College reveals alumni data breach

March 17, 2005 School alerts more than 100,000 former students of an attack on a database that holds records used for fund raising. TAGS: alumni, social security number, Social Security, college, school, incident, attack, student, virus, database

Blood bank fears ID heist

December 21, 2004 Delta Blood Bank warns donors after a computer that held personal information is stolen. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, bank, personal information, letter, identity theft, California, security, laptop computer
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