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Canyons School District data loss incident circa 2009-07-08

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By David Hasemyer
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
July 17, 2009

LA JOLLA – The hotline established by UCSD’s Moores Cancer Center after a hacker breached the center’s computers and gained access to patients’personal information has been swamped with hundreds of calls from worried patients.

Their primary concern has been whether their Social Security numbers were among the information stolen by whomever obtained the electronic files of 30,000 patients, according to DeAnn Marshall, UCSD Health Sciences chief of marketing and communications officer.

She said hospital officials have determined that just 36 of the files contained Social Security numbers.

A letter was sent to all of the patients earlier this month telling them that the center’s computer network was “illegally accessed” twice by overseas hackers and that some personal information may have been stolen.

The Internet assault on the hospital’s computer records has sparked an investigation to determine the identity of the hackers and prompted hospital officials to begin a review of security measures to find any weakness and, if necessary, take additional precautions, Marshall said.

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LexisNexis Warns of Breach After Alleged Mafia Bust

Robert McMillan, IDG News Service

Information broker LexisNexis has warned more than 13,000 consumers, saying that a Florida man who is facing charges in an alleged mafia racketeering conspiracy may have accessed some of the same sensitive consumer databases that were once used to track terrorists.

Lee Klein, 39, of Boynton Beach, Florida, was charged <http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/fls/PressReleases/090521-02.html>  by the U.S. Department of Justice in May following an undercover sting operation that netted 11 suspects from an alleged South Florida crew of the Bonanno crime family.

On Friday, the office of the New Hampshire Attorney General posted a letter <http://doj.nh.gov/consumer/pdf/LexisNexis5.pdf>  that LexisNexis sent out to consumers last month, warning that Klein may have used his access to LexisNexis’ Seisint databases “in order to perpetrate certain crimes.”
LexisNexis has had problems with credit card fraudsters using its database in the past, but Klein’s alleged crimes are different.

In court filings, the DOJ says Klein would provide Bonanno family members with names, addresses and account numbers as part of a fake check-cashing operation. But he’s also accused of using computer databases to get information on potential extortion or assault targets as well as “individuals suspected by the Enterprise members of being involved with law enforcement.”

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12826223

Canyons School District officials are investigating the disappearance of a thumb drive that may have contained the personal information of more than 6,000 current and recent employees.

The flash drive is believed to have contained employee addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and Social Security numbers. A district-level worker was using it to transfer data for apparently “legitimate,” job-related purposes, said district spokeswoman Jennifer Toomer-Cook. “At this point, we have no reason to believe the information was stolen or used to perpetuate fraud or identity theft.”

As a precaution, district officials mailed letters to individuals whose information may be  compromised, referring them to a state Web site for advice on requesting a 90-day fraud alert or credit freeze: http://idtheft.utah.gov