Lorenzo's Security Blog

  Image via Wikipedia Because of an incorrect security setting,[which security setting was the student even allowed to access?] an Ocean Lakes High School student was able to access a temporary file [Why was this temporary file not deleted after is was used? ] on a server that contained the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of students [...]

An Upper Darby man has been charged in a case of identity theft that officials say involved patients’ personal information taken from computers at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Image via Wikipedia Upper Darby police announced yesterday that Shacoy McNish, 27, has been charged with theft, receiving stolen property, identity theft, and related crimes. [...]

Suffolk Community College has agreed to pay a company for the next year to monitor the credit of 300 students whose last names and Social Security numbers were mistakenly listed in an attachment to an e-mail sent to those students last Image via Wikipedia month.  [Donald: Okay, so where does Technology have anything to do [...]

Women whose personal information might have been compromised are urged to place a fraud alert on their credit files by contacting one of three credit bureaus – Equifax, www.equifax.com; Experian, www.experian.com; or TransUnion, www.transunion .com . Image via Wikipedia CHAPEL HILL A hacker has infiltrated a computer server housing the personal data of 236,000 women [...]

In August, the University’s Privacy Office was notified of a privacy breach after the discovery of an unprotected computer file containing 34 names and 25 Social Security numbers. We believe the personal Image via Wikipedia information belongs to trainers working with the Florida Traffic and Bicycle Safety Education program in 2006. The file was immediately [...]