The Akron Beacon Journal reported February 5 more impacts of the massive TJX breach that occurred late in 2006 that may have impacted over 40 million individuals according to the Wall Street Journal.
Archive for the ‘identity theft’ Category
Identity Theft: More Info On Fallout From The TJX Breach
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007PCI DSS and GLBA Compliance & Privacy Breach: Lawsuits Filed Against TJX
Sunday, February 4th, 2007Let’s look at the events that have occurred with the recent TJX computer hack and resulting privacy breach and identity thefts:
Routine Personal Information Posting in the U.S. State Government Agencies
Monday, January 29th, 2007NBC news ran a story about how many state government agencies post sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) on their websites. In this case an Ohio county court “routinely posted traffic tickets and other public records on its Web site.”
Privacy Incident: Ohio Board of Nursing Exposes Personal Information of 3,031 Individuals
Thursday, January 25th, 2007The Columbus Dispatch reported today, “OHIO BOARD OF NURSING Error puts nurses‚Äô personal data online.”
Reportedly over the past two months the “names and Social Security numbers of 3,031 newly licensed nurses were posted online twice.”
