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InternetNews November 10, 2010	Data Breach Blindsides First Responders A hacker managed to weasel his or her way into an unsecured database housing the SSNs and other personal information of thousands of Louisiana EMTs.
InternetNews December 16, 2010	760,000 Exposed in Ohio State Breach A massive data breach at Ohio State University has current and former students and staff scrambling to check their credit reports.
InternetNews February 23, 2010	Georgia University Stung By Data Breach More than 170,000 students and faculty members are checking their credit reports this week after a hacker broken into a server at Valdosta State University in Georgia.
InternetNews September 17, 2010	Rice University Deals With New Data Breach A stolen device containing student and faculty data went missing, putting personal information including Social Security numbers and birth dates up for grabs.
InternetNews December 12, 2006 David Needle	UCLA Database Hole Exposed 800,000 to ID Theft UCLA Web site touted the school's IT security the same day it discovered hackers had broken into its computer system.
InternetNews January 5, 2010	Hacker Hits Eastern Washington University Colleges continue to be popular targets for hackers, with another 130,000 student records exposed.
InternetNews September 16, 2005 Tim Gray	Stolen University Laptop Recovered In San Francisco, authorities track down pilfered laptop that contained tens of thousands of student's personal data.
InternetNews May 26, 2006 Clint Boulton	Sacred Heart Data Hacked Sacred Heart University became the latest school to fall victim to a computer hack, which exposed the personal information of as many as 135,000 students and alumni.
InternetNews July 9, 2010	Hackers Raid University of Maine's Servers The social security numbers and other personal data of over 4,500 students were compromised in the attack.
InternetNews December 13, 2010	Data Breach Exposes Wisconsin Students' Data The University of Wisconsin became the latest U.S. college to endure a major data breach this year, putting the personal information of 60,000-plus former students and staff members at risk.
InternetNews June 28, 2010	FIU Latest University to Expose Student Data More than 19,000 Florida International University students are busy checking their credit reports this week after school officials confirmed that tons of personal information was stored on an unsecured database.
InternetNews December 21, 2009	Hacker Breaches College Library System Incident compromises more than sensitive information of more than 51,000 patrons at 25 campus libraries.
InternetNews July 10, 2007 Roy Mark	Many Breaches, Few ID Thefts Data breaches are frequent, but evidence of actual identity theft resulting from the breaches is limited, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office.
InternetNews September 13, 2010	CCNY Student Data Exposed in Laptop Heist Some 7,000-plus students attending the City College of New York are learning that some of their most sensitive personal information was exposed when a school laptop was stolen last month.
InternetNews March 21, 2005 Tim Gray	California University Computer System Hacked Attackers gain access to private student data.
InternetNews March 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Feinstein Charges Again on Data Breach Notification Bill A California senator says identity theft can't be stopped without strong congressional action.
InternetNews September 29, 2005 Tim Gray	Another University System Suffers Breach Crackers continue to exploit American universities' computer weaknesses.
InternetNews February 20, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Hacker May Have Hit Over 97K at Univ. of Florida Why do people keep launching cyber attacks at the home of the Gators?
InternetNews March 24, 2010	Files From Filched PC Put 7,000 Students at Risk Latest threat of identity theft comes to Vanderbilt University in the form a stolen desktop computer that contained the names and Social Security numbers of more than 7,000 students.
InternetNews August 3, 2010	Health Care Orgs Endure Data Breach Epidemic Hospitals, medical centers and physicians' offices have been responsible for a disproportionately large number of data breaches so far this year, according to one security study.
Insurance & Technology August 12, 2005 Gregg Keizer	ID Theft in Regulatory Spotlight The growing online menace of identity and data theft has resulted in the introduction of another bill to address the problem. The Identify Theft Protection Act is the 10th identity theft bill put into play this session.
InternetNews November 1, 2010	Data Breach Jars University of Hawaii Alums Another data breach exposes personal data of more than 40,000 University of Hawaii alumni.
InternetNews May 23, 2006 Roy Mark	VA Data Breach Stirs Washington In the second-largest data breach on record -- and the biggest Social Security numbers breach ever - the Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed Monday approximately 26.5 million veterans are at risk of identity theft.
InternetNews November 10, 2009	University Web Site Snafu Exposes Student SSNs Chaminade University accidentally posted thousands of students' personal data on its Web site.
T.H.E. Journal January 2002 Christopher Hons	Big Ten School in Cyberspace Penn State University's "World Campus" initiative has grown steadily -- not only in terms of its size and scope, but also in the level of respect accorded it...
CRM September 7, 2012 Dale Dabbs	Protect Your Most Valuable Business Assets--Your Customers Optimal CRM incorporates data protection best practices to curtail identity theft.
CRM June 1, 2005 Marshall Lager	Fear and Loathing in the Database A company's CRM system might make it vulnerable to hackers, but with risk comes opportunity.
Bank Systems & Technology November 20, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	Best Practices on Data Breaches The task of informing consumers of a breach falls on banks. How the institutions do that is key to how they will be perceived by their customers.
Wall Street & Technology October 23, 2007 Melanie Rodier	How Are U.S. Businesses and Lawmakers Responding to Data Breaches? Nearly 77 million individuals have been affected by data breaches so far this year. But even after suffering a data breach, many businesses failed to implement encryption solutions or seek legal counsel.
InternetNews July 20, 2005 Tim Gray	Hackers Head to School in Droves Universities appear to be the new favorite target of hackers, as the University of Southern California becomes the latest to get hit.
InternetNews March 29, 2005 Tim Gray	Another University Suffers Security Breach UC Berkeley joins a growing list of schools losing vital student information to hackers.
InternetNews June 28, 2005 Tim Gray	UConn Finds Hacking Program in Server University of Connecticut officials say a server containing the personal data of many of its staff and students was compromised on at least one occasion.
InternetNews May 11, 2009 Alex Goldman	UC Berkeley Says Hackers Breached Database Officials at the University of California at Berkeley on Friday began notifying students and the public that hackers had breached a healthcare database at the school, potentially gaining access to the personal information of up to 160,000 students dating back to 1999.
InternetNews January 7, 2011	ITRC Seeks Full Data Breach Disclosure With major data breaches on the rise, the Identity Theft Resource Center is urging the formation of a centralized, searchable repository for the public to keep track of what institutions have seen their information compromised.
InternetNews April 28, 2006 Roy Mark	Hollywood Targets Campus LANs The Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America sent letters Thursday to 40 universities in 25 states alerting the schools of LAN piracy problems on their campuses.
Bank Systems & Technology July 12, 2007 Larry Greenemeier	Link Between Data Breaches And ID Theft Unclear, GAO Reports A U.S. Government Accountability Office report indicates that while the amount of information lost or stolen is disturbing, it's difficult to prove that these breaches lead to identity theft.
InternetNews January 9, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Retiree Data Lost in Laptop Theft Laptops are stolen from Manhattan-based Towers Perrin offices. Retirees are being urged to monitor credit records.
InternetNews October 20, 2010	McAfee Names Top 10 Social Security Number Traps At the kickoff of National Protect Your Identity Week, software security vendor McAfee advises users to exercise caution when sharing their Social Security numbers with colleges, government agencies and other groups.
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InternetNews October 26, 2009	Stolen Laptop Exposes 33,000 Patients' Data Laptop plucked from employee's car at Daytona Beach, Fla. medical center exposes potentially exposed thousands of patient IDs.
InternetNews March 30, 2010	Student Loan Guarantor Hit With Data Breach After theft of a portable media device, federal student loan group Educational Credit Management Corp. notifies 3.3 million borrowers that their information is at risk.
T.H.E. Journal February 2005	Napster, CAN Offer Higher Ed Cheap, Legal Downloading Services Continuing the record industry's push to offer safe and legal downloading services to students, the Campus Action Network (CAN) and Napster have teamed up to offer cheap and safe downloads to college students nationwide.
PC World October 2003 Andrew Brandt	Privacy Watch: California Law Protects Us All From Security Breaches New identity theft statute likely to help consumers everywhere.
The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Hassled to the Maxx The identity theft saga involving T.J. Maxx continues: Consumers need to be on the lookout for evidence that their identity, credit card, or debit card information has slipped into the wrong hands.
Bank Systems & Technology November 6, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	2008 Data Breaches: 30 Million and Counting Roughly 30 million consumers have had sensitive personal data stolen in the 552 reported data breaches so far in 2008.
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InternetNews August 4, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breaches And Congress A roundup of where federal data breach security laws stand.
InternetNews October 18, 2010	Massive Data Breach Zings Florida University The FBI is investigating another hacking incident that exposed 106,000-plus students' most sensitive information.
InternetNews August 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	VeriSign Goes to School Amid a string of college security breaches, the company teams with a nonprofit to offer digital certificate services to schools.