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Data Theft

• Bank Data Breach Threatens 248,000 in North Carolina
• GPS Not Foolproof
• Countrywide Warns Millions of Data Breach
• Thieves Steal AT&T Laptop with Employee Data
• Report: Data Breach Disclosure Laws Don't Affect Identity Theft
• Patient Information Exposed in Data Breach at Walter Reed
• Supermarket Chain Reports Data Breach
• Report: Feds Still Not Doing Enough To Secure Data
• Data Thieves Hit Georgetown University Students, Faculty
• 800,000 Job Seekers At Risk In Gap Data Breach
• TJX Data Breach Settlement Has Strings Attached
• More ...

• Connecticut Sues Accenture Over Lost Data
• Hackers Steal Information On 6.3 Million Ameritrade Customers
• Chronic Data Dysfunction at Pfizer
• Courts Rule Against Data Breach Victims
• Data Breaches Endanger NY, CA Retirees
• Pfizer Hit With Second Data Breach In Two Months
• Stolen Laptop Leads To Data Breach At VeriSign
• Contractor Mishandles Private Data on 580,000 Military Personnel
• Pfizer Keeps Data Breach Quiet
• GAO: Data Breaches Frequent, Effects Unknown
• Data Theft Leads To Breach of 2.3 Million Records
• 64,000 Ohio Workers Caught In Data Breach
• IBM Loses Employee Data
• 22,000 Hit In University Of Missouri Data Breach
• TSA Loses Hard Drive With 100,000 Employee Names, Data
• Do Shoppers Shun Stores Hit With Data Breaches? • Georgia Agency Loses Data on 2.9 Million Residents
• Data Thieves Hit University of California-San Francisco
• Former Morgan Stanley Employee Arrested On Data Theft Charges
• Census Bureau Admits To Data Breach As ID Theft Levels Climb
• Arrests Made In Stop & Shop Data Breach
• Mysterious Computer Theft Hits Mystery Shopping Company
• Data Thieves Hit Stop & Shop
• Veterans Administration Loses Data on 1.8 Million
• Johns Hopkins Loses Data; Congress Aflutter
• Wisconsin Agency, Printer Tried To Cover Up Data Breach
• Data Breach Hits Canada's Club Monaco
• Nationwide, Aetna Customer Data Stolen
• Consumers Must Act Fast in Data Theft Cases
• Hackers Hit T.J.Maxx, Marshalls
• Congress Takes On Data Security
• Emory Healthcare Laptop Stolen
• Wisconsin Mails Tax Forms With Exposed Social Security Numbers
• Persecution of Immigrant Workers Won't Stop Identity Theft
• Locking Down Your Laptop
• Boeing Loses Laptop with 328,000 Workers' Information
• Massive Data Breach At UCLA Endangers 800,000
• Ameriprise Settles With Regulators Over Laptop Theft
• Laptop Theft Puts Pennsylvania Drivers' Data at Risk
• Kaiser Permanente Laptop Stolen
• GPS Tracking Adds Layer of Security to Laptops
• Michigan Credit Card Mystery Deepens
• ATM, Bank Card Security Getting Worse
• Guidance Software Settles Federal Charges
• Starbucks Data Loss No Laughing Matter
• Perot Systems Walks Off With Indiana Hospital's Patient Data
• Study: Data Breaches Getting More Expensive
• Government Data Losses Widespread, Report Finds
• GE Loses Laptop Left in Hotel Room
• Data Breach Bill Does Little
• Studies Offer Conflicting Views About Data Breaches
• Hackers Make Off With "Second Life" Data
• Facebook Does an About Face
• Chase Trashes Tapes Containing Circuit City Customers' Data
• MySpace Glitch Gives Hackers Teen Data
• AT&T Web Site Hacked; Customer Data Exposed
• Department of Education Site Exposes Data on 21,000 Users
• Stolen Chevron Laptop Contains Data On Thousands Of Workers
• Government Scrambles To Secure Data After Breaches
• Special Agent's Laptop Stolen, Data on Pilots Missing
• HSBC Security Flaw Exposes Millions Of Customers' Data
• VA Loses Data on 26 Million Veterans
• FBI Deal Raises New Questions about ChoicePoint
• Ohio University: Data Breach Central?
• Small Businesses Urged to Lock Down Vital Data
• New York Accuses Gratis Internet of Largest Deliberate Privacy Breach Ever
• TrustedID: New Data Protection Or Just More of the Same?
• Congress Considers "Worst Data Bill Ever"
• New York Plugs Largest Known Internet Privacy Leak
• The "Worst Hack Ever:" Debit Card Security Crisis Continues
• Laptops Containing Verizon Employee Data Are Stolen
• Citibank's Cards Mysteriously Shut Down
• Security Company McAfee Loses Employee Data
• Spam Artist Gets 8 Years for Data Theft
• CardSystems Solutions Settles Federal Charges
• Debit Cards Canceled After Security Breach
• Ameriprise Loses Customer Data
• Data Blunders Cost ChoicePoint $15 Million
• Marriott Loses Data on 206,000 Customers
• Ford Loses Data on 70,000 Workers
• DHL Loses ABN AMRO Customer Data
• DSW Settles FTC Charges
• Consumer Data Stolen from Trans Union
• States Want Congress to Act on Identity Theft, Data Security
• Stopping Identity Theft and Spyware
• Consumers Concerned About Security of Health Records
• Bank of America Loses Customer Data Again
• Blockbuster Abandons Customer Data on NYC Street
• Credit Bureaus Adopt Unified "Data Protection" Standard
• Data Breaches Bad for Business, Study Finds
• Senate Vote on Data Broker Bill Expected This Week
• Airline Passenger Screening Plan Grounded
• REAL ID A Gold Mine for Identity Thieves, Critics Charge
• Data Firms Use Identity Theft Losses To Sell New Products
• Senate Explores Identity Theft Protection
• Data Brokers Not Without Risk, FTC Testifies
• Illinois Passes Privacy Act
• PATRIOT Act Further Empowers ChoicePoint
• NY Considers Tougher Laws
• FTC Partly to Blame For Growing Identity Theft Problem, Groups Charge
• ChoicePoint Not the Only Weak Link in the Data Chain
• Consumer Groups Argue for Stronger ID Theft Protection
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More Incidents ...
• ScotTrade
• Verizon Wireless
• Ameritrade
• Bank of America
• CardSystems
• ChoicePoint
• CitiGroup/UPS
• DSW
• Experian/Topeka Credit Bureau
• GM MasterCard

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