LEAK NEWS - Report calls for action against VA staff in data leak

An Alabama VA hospital that lost sensitive data on more than 1.5 million people in January repeatedly failed to follow privacy regulations

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http://www.azstarnet.com/news/189877

LEAK NEWS - Ohio data leak was 'accident waiting to happen'

A stolen backup tape containing personal data on Ohio state workers also contained the names and Social Security numbers of around 225,000 state residents.


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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/22/ohio_data_leak_fallout/

Hackers Target Corporate Execs and Their Families

Hackers appear to have stepped up their efforts to trick corporate executives into downloading malicious software programs that can steal company data over ...
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,133657-c,hackers/article.html

SECURITY NEWS - Top executives face personalized e-mail attacks

Protecting your organization is not enough. Hackers are now targeting the executives at home.

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http://news.com.com/Top+executives+face+personalized+e-mail+attacks/2100-7349_3-6194497.html

LEAK NEWS - Starbucks spills 60K personal files

Joining an increasingly growing list of companies and governmental departments, Starbucks today revealed that its lost the private data files of some 60,000 current and former employees, according to reports.

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LEAK NEWS - Nasscom urges Channel 4 to cooperate on data leak charges

"New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) India's IT software and services body has urged Britain's Channel 4 and Star News (India) to cooperate with authorities here and provide basis for allegations of data security lapses in BPO centres. "

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LEAK NEWS - Three AOL subscribers have sued

"Three AOL subscribers have sued the Internet service provider in the US District Court for Northern California after their search data was made public by the company."

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By profiling the search patterns of subscribers, amature slueths were able to develop some leads, successfully identifying the search engine users.

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PRIVACY NEWS - Walt Disney World to start fingerprinting everyone

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http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/01/walt-disney-world-to-start-fingerprinting-everyone/

Australian police data leak

p2pnet.net News:- After a "serious contravention" when confidential files were leaked from the LEAP (Law Enforcement Assistance Program) during an outsourced police audit, south-eastern Australia's Victorian Police has been served with a "notice to comply" with the state's Information Privacy Act.

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http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9686

Three Depart AOL Over Search Data Leak

CTO Maureen Govern "has decided to leave AOL effective immediately," AOL Chief Executive Jon Miller wrote in an e-mail to employees dated Monday.

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http://www.searchnewz.com/blog/talk/sn-6-20060822ThreeDepartAOLOverSearchDataLeak.html

Three Depart AOL Over Search Data Leak

CTO Maureen Govern "has decided to leave AOL effective immediately," AOL Chief Executive Jon Miller wrote in an e-mail to employees dated Monday.

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http://www.searchnewz.com/blog/talk/sn-6-20060822ThreeDepartAOLOverSearchDataLeak.html

Data leak, false estimate take toll on firm's image

By Jason Leow
WALL STREET JOURNAL

Automatic Data Processing Inc. has gotten its wires crossed lately.

Earlier this month, the paycheck-processing specialist disclosed that it was duped into giving out confidential client information. ADP also caused a stir in the bond market when its much-discussed research, designed to forecast monthly U.S. employment data, didn't come close to matching the government's official numbers.

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http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/15143362.htm

LEAK NEWS - RIVERSIDE, CA: City workers' personal information was mistakenly sent out to everyone's inbox

By SARAH BURGE
The Press-Enterprise

RIVERSIDE - Almost 2,000 Riverside city employees have been encouraged to place fraud alerts on their credit reports to prevent identity theft following an e-mail slip-up last Thursday.

Chief Information Officer Steve Reneker said an information technology worker inadvertently sent a routine e-mail intended for the payroll department to every inbox on the city's system. The e-mail had an attachment with the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and 401(k) account numbers of 1,974 city employees.

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http://www.pe.com/localnews/riverside/stories/PE_News_Local_R_remail27.3e23640.html