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<description><![CDATA[A chronology of recent data security breaches resulting from the theft of PCs, laptops, CDs and portable data storage devices.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[November 4, 2008 - Baylor Health Care says laptop with patient data stolen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A laptop computer containing limited health information on 100,000 patients was stolen from an employee's car in September, Baylor Health Care System Inc. said Monday. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/110508dnbusbaylordatatheft.91bf7e.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[October 15, 2008 - Laptop with State Workers' Info Stolen: Computer Contains Names, Social Security Numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A laptop computer containing the names and Social Security numbers of more than 300 state employees was stolen in Charleston last month, but officials do not believe that any of the employees' personal information has been compromised.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1945094/]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[October 8, 2008 - Laptop Containing UND Alumni Info Stolen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A laptop computer containing sensitive personal and financial information on more than 84,000 UND alumni, donors and others was stolen last month from a vehicle belonging to a software vendor retained by the UND Alumni Association.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/index.cfm?id=88830&section=News]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[October 6, 2008 - T-Mobile Lost Disk Containing Data on 17 Million Customers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Deutsche Telekom's German mobile phone subsidiary T-Mobile lost a disk containing personal information about 17 million of its customers in early 2006, the company said Saturday.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_852573C400693880002574DA0034AE43.html?ref=technology]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[October 3, 2008 - Laptop Stolen from McCain Campaign in Missouri]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Republican campaigners in Missouri are beefing up security after a laptop containing "strategic information" was stolen from a campaign field office of presidential contender Sen. John McCain.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9116239&source=NLT_SEC&nlid=38]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[August 26, 2008 - Banking customers' personal details sold on eBay]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A computer containing banking security details of more than 1 million people has been sold on eBay, bank officials said Tuesday - the latest in a series of losses of personal data in the U.K.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/08/26/ap5360026.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[August 13, 2008 - Laptops with Personal Info of Thousands Stolen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Twelve laptops containing Social Security numbers, names and birth dates of 9,000 current and former Charter Communications Inc. workers were stolen from an office in South Carolina.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/1fddc15e2bb5302e7df9caa844a74c5e.htm]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[August 5, 2008 - Data Breach Leaves 33,000 Airline Passengers Compromised]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[We've all heard of the horrible data security breaches that occur when a company fails to update their firewalls or an employee leaves a laptop with massive amounts of data out in the open.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.techspot.com/news/31115-data-breach-leaves-33000-airline-passengers-compromised.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[August 4, 2008 - 150,000 Hit by Brewer Data Theft]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[About 150,000 people in the US have been affected by the theft of laptops with personal information about current and former employees of brewing giant Anheuser-Busch.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5heyH8ZkcfOobs32-4RsWGOPKVSQQ]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[July 16, 2008 - Facebook Bug Leaks Members' Birthday Data]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A glitch in a test version of Facebook's Web site inadvertently exposed the birthdays of Facebook's 80 million members this week.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148527/facebook_bug_leaks_members_birthday_data.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[July 2, 2008 - Freedom Credit Union warns customers of data breach]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Freedom Credit Union is warning customers of a security breach whereby debit card data was electronically captured by individuals who may have used it in a counterfeit scheme.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/freedom_credit_union_warns_cus.html?category=Business+category=Chicopee+category=Crime+category=Franklin%20County+category=Northampton+category=Springfield]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[July 2, 2008 - Citibank ATM Data Breach Reveals PIN Security Problems]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The ATMs are inside 7-Eleven stores throughout the country.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.theledger.com/article/20080702/NEWS/807020302/1178&title=Citibank_ATM_Data_Breach_Reveals_PIN_Security_Problems]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[July 2, 2008 - Breach Exposes Info on Pre-'06 Google Hires]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A data breach at a California company that administers benefit plans to businesses across the country involved personal information on all Google employees hired prior to Dec. 31, 2005, the search engine giant said.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/07/data_breach_exposes_info_on_pr.html?nav=rss_blog]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[June 30, 2008 - Survey: More than 10,000 laptops lost each week at airports]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Keep laptops close at airports, because they have a startling tendency to disappear in the blink of an eye, according to a new survey.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9105198&source=rss_topic17]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[June 23, 2008 - CNET Employees Notified After Data Breach]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Health Secretary has acknowledged that a Scottish Ambulance Service disk containing details of hundreds of thousands of emergency calls was lost earlier this month.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/147460/cnet_employees_notified_after_data_breach.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[June 23, 2008 - Disk Holds Scottish Ambulance Service Call Data]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Scottish Health Secretary has acknowledged that a Scottish Ambulance Service disk containing details of hundreds of thousands of emergency calls was lost earlier this month.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article4201288.ece]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[June 8, 2008 - Stanford employees' data on stolen laptop]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Stanford University has notified tens of thousands of past and current Stanford University employees that their personal information - including their dates of birth, Social Security numbers and home addresses - was on the hard drive of a stolen university laptop.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/08/BAR9115907.DTL]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[May 21, 2008 - OKC buyer finds sensitive information on server]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is removing hard drives from all surplus computer equipment after a server containing the names and Social Security numbers of thousands of residents was sold at an auction recently.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080521_12_OKLAH32253]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[May 20, 2008 - LendingTree LLC Sued Over Customer Information Data Breach]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[LendingTree LLC, the online mortgage unit of IAC/InteractiveCorp. (IACI), has been sued over a security breach in which some employees allegedly allowed mortgage lenders to gain access to confidential customer information.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.smartmoney.com/news/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20080520-000740-1751]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[April 28, 2008 - U of Miami loses data on 2.1 million patients]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While they contend that the data is unreadable--and therefore poses no risks--officials with the University of Miami School of Medicine have gone public with the news that someone stole back-up tapes holding health and financial information on about 2.1 million patients.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/u-of-miami-loses-data-on-2.1-million-patients/2008-04-28]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[April 28, 2008 - 30,000 bank customers affected by data theft]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The number of Bank of Ireland customers affected by the theft of laptops last year has risen to over 30,000.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0428/boi.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[April 18, 2008 - Universities Rocked by Data Thefts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Universities of Miami and Virginia acknowledge lost data on stolen tapes and laptops]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=151447&WT.svl=news2_1]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[April 15, 2008 - Pfizer Data Security Breach]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Pfizer has experienced another data security breach.  A laptop stolen from a contractor's home contains personally identifiable information of approximately 800 current and former Pfizer employees and contractors.  The data include names, credit card numbers, and card expiration numbers.  The theft occurred on February 7, 2008; an incident notification letter the company sent to attorneys general in several states was dated March 19.  In 2007, Pfizer suffered four data security breaches that compromised personally identifiable information of more than 52,000 individuals.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://archive.theday.com/store/itm.aspx?re=6b8c60cf-8fa2-43f1-9238-6dba8792cfa3&itm=art]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[April 9, 2008 - WellPoint probing data breach for 130,000 members]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurer WellPoint Inc is investigating the cause of a breach involving protected health information for about 130,000 members, the company said on Wednesday.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0921842120080409]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[April 3, 2008 - Lawmaker's Health Data on Stolen Laptop]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[If there's one person whose medical records you wouldn't want to lose track of, it's the co-chairman of the congressional caucus that focuses on protecting consumers' privacy.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hU9syvon6otqrD3NKmuMSj9EhvPQD8VQL5480]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[April 3, 2008 - Rep. Barton Seeks Probe In Theft of Computer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), the ranking minority member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, revealed yesterday that he is among the approximately 3,000 heart patients whose medical information was potentially exposed to public scrutiny when an unencrypted government laptop was stolen in February from the car of a National Institutes of Health researcher.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/02/AR2008040203371_pf.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[March 28, 2008 - Report: DEA needs to secure laptops]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[More than 90 weapons and 230 laptop computers belonging to the Drug Enforcement Administration have turned up missing.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080328/NATION/300072725]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[March 25, 2008 - Yet another laptop theft: Agilent warns 51,000 workers of potential data compromise]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In what is becoming an increasingly familiar story these days, the theft of a laptop PC containing unencrypted confidential data has prompted yet another organization to issue a warning notice to tens of thousands of people.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9071578]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[March 17, 2008 - Supermarket data breach exposes more than 4 million accounts]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A Maine-based supermarket chain on Monday reported a data intrusion into its computer network that has put some 4.2 million customer credit and debit card accounts at risk, according to the company and press accounts.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9896217-7.html?tag=newsmap]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[March 13, 2008 - Possibly Thousands Of Patient’s Information Compromised With Lap Top Theft]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Possibly 4,800 patient’s information could be compromised, when a laptop with names, social security numbers and personal health information was stolen from University Healthcare over two weeks ago.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.kutv.com/content/news/topnews/story.aspx?content_id=5843cde8-1fb5-4945-b396-df5b682ddbb4]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[March 10, 2008 - MTV Breach Affects 5,000 Employees]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Employees at MTV Networks are watching their credit reports more closely after the company acknowledged that the personal information of 5,000 employees was stolen late last week.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1304420,00.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[February 14, 2008 - Two Laptop Computers Containing 320,000 Blood Donors’ Records Missing From Lifeblood’s Main Office]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Bloodbank Donor Information on Missing Computers (February 13 & 14, 2008) Approximately 320,000 people who donated blood through Lifeblood in Memphis are at risk of identity fraud after two laptop computers were reported missing from the company.  Lifeblood has enhanced its security practices since the incident.  Areas where laptops are kept now have more stringent access restrictions as well as closed circuit monitoring.
Software installed on company laptops allows their locations to be tracked remotely and provides a means for erasing the computers' hard drives should they be lost or stolen.  Finally, the company has altered the programming so that complete Social Security numbers (SSNs) are not downloaded to mobile computers.  The missing computers were reported to Lifeblood management in early January; the company decided to refrain from making the incident public knowledge until all affected donors had been notified.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080214/NEWS03/802140369/1017/NEWS01]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[February 10, 2008 - Identity Theft on the Hilltop]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recently, Georgetown University informed thousands of students, alumni, faculty and staff that a computer hard drive containing their personal information -- names, birth dates and Social Security numbers -- had been stolen from an administrator's office Metro, Jan. 30.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/07/AR2008020702790.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[January 30, 2008 - Davidson Companies Reports Data Breach Affecting 226,000 Clients]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The company reportedly hired a testing company last September to assess its IT security and the firm's hackers did not find any holes.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206100536]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[January 30, 2008 - ChoicePoint Settles Lawsuit over 2005 Breach]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ChoicePoint will pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed after the data aggregator and credentialing service admitted to a major data breach in 2005.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.scmagazineus.com/ChoicePoint-settles-lawsuit-over-2005-breach/article/104649/]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[January 26, 2008 - Federal Officials Probe HMO Data Breach]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[FCHP, State of Massachusetts’ fourth-largest HMO, reported Thursday that a laptop containing claims data for 30,000 Medicare Advantage and Summit ElderCare members, including names, dates of birth and Medicare identification numbers, was on a laptop computer stolen earlier this month from the locked offices of a FCHP vendor.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.telegram.com/article/20080126/NEWS/801260320/1002/BUSINESS]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[January 25, 2008 - Marks & Spencer Staff Details Left on Laptop]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marks & Spencer has been found in breach of data protection rules after the theft of a laptop containing the personal details of 26,000 employees.  The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the data on the laptop, which was stolen from the home of an M&S contractor, was unencrypted.  The ICO has ordered M&S to make sure all laptop hard drives are fully encrypted by April 2008.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7209154.stm]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[January 18, 2008 - Credit Card Data on 650,000 Customers Lost]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The missing tape affects 230 retailers, whose customers may be vulnerable to data fraud.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,141533/article.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[January 11, 2008 - Personal Info Lost in Oldham]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[SENSITIVE personal information on almost 150 NHS patients in the Oldham area has been `lost', health bosses admitted today.  The Oldham NHS Primary Care Trust says two data sticks containing highly personal assessment notes of 148 clients who have been in contact with the trust's continuing care service have been reported missing.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1031694_personal_info_lost_in_oldham]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[January 7, 2008 - Sears Data Breach Draws Lawsuit]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A New Jersey resident has filed a $5 million class action lawsuit against the retailer charging breach of contract and a violation of the Consumer Fraud Act.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=205600038]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[January 3, 2008 - Stolen Laptops Hold Nashville Voter Data]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two laptop computers containing 337,000 Nashville voters’ Social Security numbers were stolen as the building’s security guard listened to Christmas music, ordered food and visited the break room, failing to make his hourly rounds.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880103134]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[December 31, 2007 - Data Security Breaches Reach A Record in 2007]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The loss or theft of personal data such as credit-card and Social Security numbers soared to unprecedented levels in 2007, and the trend isn't expected to reverse anytime soon, as hackers stay a step ahead of security and laptops disappear with sensitive information.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119906141243958571.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[December 5, 2007 - Stolen Laptop Holds Forrester Employee Data]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A laptop computer stolen from the home of a Forrester Research employee contains personally identifiable information of an unspecified number of current and former Forrester employees and directors.  The theft took place during the latter part of November and notification letters were sent to affected individuals on December 3. The notification letters indicated that the computer's hard drive was password protected, but no mention was made of encryption.  When contacted for additional information, Forrester's press hotline was apparently unaware of the incident.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Forrester-Loses-Laptop-Containing-Personnel-Data/]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[November 30, 2007 - TJX to Shell Out $41M in Data Breach Settlement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A key lesson from the TJX case may be that businesses have to do more than invest in security solutions, said Cliff Pollan, the chief executive officer of data auditing solutions firm Lumigent. "Companies need to demonstrate that proper policies and procedures are in place, are being adhered to and that they are in fact making their data more secure," Pollan told the E-Commerce Times.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/60554.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[October 16, 2007 - TSA Demands Encryption Following Dual Laptop Loss]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Following the loss and possible theft of two laptops containing the personal data of 3,930 truckers who handle hazardous materials, the Transportation Security Administration has mandated that contractors must encrypt any and all data on top of any deletion policies they have in place. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2199122,00.asp]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[October 1, 2007 - New Oregon law takes aim at ID theft]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An Oregon law now going into effect will require businesses to tell customers when data breaches put them at risk of identity theft. Also going into effect is a provision that will allow customers to request "security freezes" on their credit files to deter identity thieves from obtaining credit in their names. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8S0OHE01.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[September 28, 2007 - Gap: laptop with 800,000 job seekers' data stolen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Clothing retailer Gap Inc said on Friday an unencrypted computer containing the Social Security numbers of about 800,000 job applicants was stolen from a vendor it used to manage that data.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.reuters.com/article/consumerproducts-SP/idUSN2844709420071001]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[September 7, 2007 - McKesson: Stolen Computers Contain Patient information]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[McKesson: Stolen Computers Contain Patient information]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/08/29/ap4066415.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[August 29, 2007 - Monster Beefs Up Security After Breach]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Execs at the health-care services company are unsure how much identifying information was contained on the patients documented in the missing machines.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=201804872]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[August 22, 2007 - C&W could have locked her out of the laptop if they had our software!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cable & Wireless Customer Data on Stolen Laptop (August 22, 2007) A former Cable & Wireless employee allegedly stole a laptop computer that holds personally identifiable information about approximately 100,000 of the UK company's customers.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.contractoruk.com/news/003412.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[May 18, 2007 - Alcatel-Lucent Loses Disk, Sensitive Data]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of Lucent employees were placed at risk of identity theft when contractor Hewitt Associates used UPS to ship a disk with employee data. The disk was either lost or stolen.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.wirelessweek.com/article.aspx?id=148070]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[May 15, 2007 - TJX Profits Drop As Company Takes Charge for Data Theft]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TJX posted a drop in quarterly profit due to a $12 million charge related to a recent security breach involving personal 45 million consumer records. Meanwhile, bank associations in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine plan to sue TJX over the data theft.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.cnbc.com/id/18675547]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[May 15, 2007 - Businesses tackle laptop theft data security risks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After a sharp rise in the number of reported laptops stolen in the UK, a silicon.com user panel says is using or plans to use hard disk encryption to protect corporate data on laptops.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.silicon.com/ciojury/0,3800003161,39167143,00.htm]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[May 9, 2007 - 26,000 M&amp;S Employees Hit By Personal Data Theft]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thousands of Marks and Spencer workers could be targets for identity theft after a company laptop theft exposed their personal information. It is thought that 26,000 employees are affected.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/09/printing_security_flap/]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[May 4, 2007 - TSA Loses Hard Drive With Personal Info]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employees.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://my.earthlink.net/track?id=1018011&add=1&url=/article/top?guid=20070504/463aafc0_3ca6_1552620070504768374441]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[May 3, 2007 - Louisiana State University Laptop Stolen ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A laptop computer stolen from the home of a Louisiana State University business professor contains personally identifiable information of approximately 750 students.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2007/05/03/News/Stolen.Laptop.May.Hold.Id.Numbers-2892874.shtml]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[May 3, 2007 - Stolen NHS laptop contains payroll data on 10,000 staff]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A laptop computer holding personal and financial information on 10,000 NHS staff has been stolen from a hospital in Cornwall.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/data-control/news/index.cfm?newsid=2852]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[May 2, 2007 - GAO Urges Tighter Guidelines in Data Breach Response]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Government Accounting Office recommends government agencies adopt credit monitoring or even data breach monitoring when individuals are put at risk of identity theft.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://securitywatch.eweek.com/gao_urges_tighter_guidelines_in_data_breach_response.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[April 28, 2007 - Caterpillar says computer equipment stolen]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Caterpillar will establish a call center for employees affected by employee data stolen when one laptop computer containing employee information was stolen from a benefits consultant that works with Caterpillar. He says most of the employees that are affected are based in the United States. ]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.wjbc.com/wire2/news/01867_CatlaptopstolenWEB_052314.htm]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[April 27, 2007 - Breaking rules, leaking data: Personal info is at risk when workers violate company security policies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[According to Symantec, the primary cause of data breaches in the latter half of 2006 was theft or loss of a computer or a data-storage device like a flash storage drive or a back-up disc.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://origin.twincities.com/business/ci_5760289]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[April 12, 2007 - 2.9 Million US Residents at Risk of ID Theft ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Stolen CD data detailed 2.9 million Medicaid and children's health care recipients in Georgia.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=8270]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[April 5, 2007 - IRS still losing laptops]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Agency admits it misplaced almost 500 devices over the last three years, some with sensitive taxpayer data.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/04/05/HNirslostlaptops_1.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[March 23, 2007 - Stolen Hard Drives Hold Patient Data]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Approximately 19,000 current and former patients of the Swedish Urology Group in the Seattle area have been informed that their personal information has been compromised.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/308897_swedish24.html]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[January 11, 2007 - University of Idaho notifies 331,800 individuals following theft of computers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Theft of three desktop PCs from Advancement Services office may have compromised personal data of university alumni, donors, students and employees]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.identityalert.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=97037]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[January 3, 2007 - Patients notified under Pennsylvania law after laptop stolen from local doctor's office]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Theft affects hundreds of patients, underscores need to secure data stored on laptop PCs with encryption and strong authentication]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_003233725.html?keyword=topstory]]></link>
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<title><![CDATA[January 2, 2007 - Laptop stolen from University Director at Notre Dame; employee information exposed]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[University notifies employees in accordance with Indiana's breach disclosure law after theft of laptop containing Social Security numbers and salary information]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.wndu.com/news/headlines/5123266.html]]></link>
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