This is just sad. Look closely; you’ll see a pattern. Lots of Georgia. Seriously, increase the freakin’ security! lol. I am thankful of my area now. And Bank of America ALL over the place. Yeah, I already know BoA is bad, but seriously, THAT bad? I knew their security was crappy for online banking, but even THIS far.
I found a Kansas one, and not only was it not as many people compared to the others, but it was also recovered data.
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| July 18, 2006 |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
(Wellington, KS) |
Laptop computer and printout
containing names, addresses and SSNs of 350 employees was stolen from
an employee’s car and later recovered. |
350 |
Here’s some I found of the greater Kansas City Metro.
| Jan. 19, 2007 |
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
via City of Kansas City
(Kansas City, MO) |
26 IRS computer tapes containing
taxpayer information were reported missing after they were delivered
to City Hall. They potentially contain taxpayers’ names, SSNs, bank
account numbers, or employer information. The 26 tapes were the entire
shipment received by the City last August. The disappearance was noticed
late December 2006. |
Unknown |
| Sept. 19, 2007 |
Kansas University
(Lawrence, KS) |
A number of documents containing
Kansas University student, faculty and staff personal information
were recovered from the recycling and trash in the Mathematics Department
at Kansas University. The information included student exams, student
change of grade forms, class rosters, copies of health insurance cards,
copies of immigration forms as well as a copy of a Social Security
card. |
Unknown |
There’s other stuff, but that’s what I could find. Nothing from my univ. or the community college.
Seriously, LOTS of stolen laptops. TruCrypt those suckers! Why put sensetive data on them? What about Perfect Paper Passwords or other forms of multifactor authentication? If a laptop is carrying SSNs, then not encrypting the data or leaving it in something that can be taken is stupid. The bag AND laptop should be handcuffed to the person on two limbs so that it would be harder to pry off. Also, there should be some form of elaborate hat at which to store a self-destructing bomb so that even if you were to get the laptop, the passwords inside of the person’s head would explode as well as the laptop itself as once it leaves that person, it explodes too. Then you lose everything! Think about it.
You know what’s worse? There’s a crapload of hacked systems where no one knows anyone did anything to it. That’s the scary part. If this is what’s known, then what’s unknown is probably a ton more by a factor of 5.