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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 number, Social Security, credit card, security

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

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, data security, student, school, person, USB flash drive, security, hard drive

University server in hackers' hands for a year

May 22, 2006 Intruders go undetected in total on three servers containing student data at Ohio University. TAGS: university, social security number, Social Security, school, hacker, server, security, health

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, security breach, Social Security, university, personal information, database, staff, student, 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, server, security

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, security, server

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: Stanford, incident, social security number, university, Social Security, personal information, California, security

Kiss your old SSN goodbye

May 16, 2005 News.com's Declan McCullagh says legislation on Social Security numbers will likely be enacted this year due to string of security snafus. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, ChoicePoint Inc., Texas, Republican, security

ChoicePoint: We're sorry for data leak

March 15, 2005 The data broker apologizes for exposing 145,000 Americans to ID fraud at a congressional hearing into the need for new data-protection laws. TAGS: ChoicePoint Inc., identity fraud, social security number, LexisNexis, Social Security, data protection, sale, law, Rep., asset, security, CEO

Identity theft: Calendar

October 24, 2005 How are laws to combat ID fraud progressing? What events are coming up? Keep track with News.com's regularly updated schedule. TAGS: identity fraud, social security number, security breach, Social Security, conference, identity theft, sale, security, California

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, incident, Social Security, data loss, theft, graduate student, personal information, university, school, laptop computer, security

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, Mark Hurd, social security number, Social Security, pretexting, investigation, SEC filing, counsel, HP, lawyer, CEO, security

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, personal information, identity theft, California, letter, bank, security, laptop computer

This week in security

March 18, 2005 The issue of privacy remained very public this week, following ChoicePoint's recent data leak. TAGS: alumni, social security number, ChoicePoint Inc., Social Security, Amazon.com Inc., college, spokeswoman, school, security, database

This week in security news

January 14, 2005 T-Mobile says an online attacker had gained access to its network. Also: Hackers steal ID info from Virginia university. TAGS: patch management, wireless carrier, T-Mobile, social security number, Social Security, attacker, security, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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, regulation, pretexting, spyware, sale, leader, agency, security

Is identity theft inevitable?

March 31, 2005 Think Computer CEO Aaron Greenspan says the crime's not unstoppable--if legislators stop fooling themselves. TAGS: identity theft, social security number, payroll, Social Security, computer security, flaw, law, security

Telecoms feel the pretexting heat

September 26, 2006 As Congress calls telecom CEOs on the carpet, CNET News.com takes a look at how well the phone companies protect your privacy. TAGS: pretexting, social security number, margin, telecommunications, Social Security, Qwest Communications Inc., Sprint Nextel, mother, record, T-Mobile, CEO, HP, password, security

Hackers steal ID info from Virginia university

January 10, 2005 Thousands of students, faculty and staff at George Mason University have personal information downloaded by online intruders in a major security breach. TAGS: faculty, social security number, identity fraud, university, Virginia, Social Security, ID card, intruder, personal information, staff, student, server, security, e-mail
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