1,376 SAIC investors are at risk of ID theft after a box of magnetic backup tapes went missing...

May 07, 2008

WASHINGTON – More than 1,300 SAIC stockholders are at risk of identity theft after a box of magnetic backup tapes went missing in New Jersey earlier this year.

The tapes owned by Bank of New York Mellon, which acts as stock transfer agent for SAIC, contained names, addresses, Social Security... continued.

A Pittsburgh-based shareholder services firm lost a box of computer data tapes which stored personal information such as names, Social Security numbers and possibly bank account numbers.

March 26, 2008

Personal information on about 650,000 customers of J.C. Penney and up to 100 other retailers could be...

January 17, 2008

PLANO, TX (AP) | Personal information on about 650,000 customers of J.C. Penney and up to 100 other retailers could be compromised after a computer tape went missing. GE Money, which handles credit card operations for Penney and many other retailers, said Thursday night that... continued.

The Hartford, Conn.-based insurer misplaced three backup tapes that contained personal information of 230,000 customers, including 9,200 Ohioans.

November 08, 2007

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. policyholders in Ohio were included in a data security breach the company discovered last month, the Ohio Department of Insurance announced Monday.

The Hartford, Conn.-based insurer misplaced three backup tapes that contained personal information of 230,000... continued.

JP Morgan Chase has alerted thousands of its Chicago-area millionaire clients, that it cannot locate a computer tape containing their account information and Social Security numbers.

May 01, 2007

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL | JP Morgan Chase has alerted thousands of its Chicago-area millionaire clients, as well as some of its own employees, that it cannot locate a computer tape containing their account information and Social Security numbers.

The tape, which was in a locked container, was being... continued.

Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work.

April 20, 2007

JUNEAU, Alaska: Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing information for an account worth $38 billion.

That is what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the... continued.

Voters' personal information exposed investigation initiated immediately

April 11, 2007

Atlanta, GA (April 11, 2007) - Secretary of State Karen Handel today initiated an investigation regarding the disposal of approximately 75,000 voter registration application cards. The investigation will be led by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), in conjunction with the Fulton County Solicitor General's... continued.

The social security numbers and other personal identification data of 6,000 DCH Health System employees.

April 05, 2007

TUSCALOOSA | The social security numbers and other personal identification data of 6,000 DCH Health System employees are missing raising concerns about the possibility of identity theft.

An encrypted disc and hardcopy documents containing the personal identification information were lost by a... continued.

Providence Health System now faces charges that it was negligent in securing patient files when some 365,000 medical records were stolen.

February 02, 2006

Providence Health System based in Oregon now faces charges that it was negligent in securing patient files when some 365,000 medical records were taken when a hospital employee's car - which contained the files - was stolen. Portland resistant Laurie Paul filed a suit earlier this week to force the health system... continued.