Entries tagged with “Security Breach” from Identity Lock Box

An Administaff company laptop containing the personal information of 159,000 employees was stolen from a company employee. The laptop was stolen from a company employee's car while they were shopping for groceries on October 3rd, 2007.

The information on the laptop contained the names, addresses, and social security numbers of current and former employees. The information was not encrypted.

The company has notified all affected persons and has offered one year of free credit-monitoring service. Credit monitoring services, such as LifeLock.com, monitor a person's credit file with the three credit bureaus and alerts people when there is potentially fraudulent activity.

In Washington state, a burglar stole a laptop containing the personal information of 1,400 current and former employees of the King County Transportation Department.

The information contained the names, addresses, and social security numbers of current and former employees.

The laptop belongs to a human resources employee who regularly brings the laptop from one job site to another. The laptop was password protected, but the data was not encrypted. The victims were part of the department’s Roads, Airport and Fleet divisions.

The University of Iowa is warning 184 students and graduates that grade information and Social Security numbers were on a laptop stolen from a former teaching assistant. The laptop was stolen in September from the home of a former teaching assistant.

The laptop contains class records, including attendance, test scores and grades of 184 students who took graduate courses between 2002 and 2006. The Social Security numbers of 100 students are also on the laptop.

The Philosophy department chairman is mailing letters to affected students and accepting phone calls from those who are concerned about the incident.

In a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General, Voxant revealed that one of it's ecommerce servers was compromised by what appeared to be a phishing scheme. The hackers had the ability to access encrypted credit card information along with the encryption key. As a result Voxant is sending 4,500 customers letters notifying them of the breach and informing them to change their credit card numbers.

 
The point of contact regarding this incident is:

Roylene Julesza
Director, Syndication
1851 Alexander Bell Drive
Reston, VA 20191

Source: Letter to the New Hampshire attorney general, Aug. 31.