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Around 22,000 Social Security numbers of Delaware state government retirees have been inadvertently posted online by a government contractor.
Aon Consulting included the Social Security numbers, gender and birthdates of about 22,000 Delaware state government retirees in a request for proposals for insurance companies interested in providing vision coverage to employees and retirees.  Retirees affected included [...]

The Ohio State Highway Patrol has seen the number of identity theft cases more than double this year.  Identity theft is a $10 million a year criminal business, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The increase in identity theft cases in the past year is alarming and continues to grow. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says [...]

A Blue Cross Blue Shield employee has been charged with stealing identities of members.  Blue Cross Blue Shield said Latonia Davis a former employee tried to obtain credit by using health insurance information of 15 members.
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested Davis, 32, on a charge of identity theft.  Blue Cross Blue Shield said [...]

Individuals with diabetes have been targeted in a recent identity theft scam.  The identity theft scam is effective because the identity thieves know the intended victim has diabetes.
The identity theft scheme was first discovered in Mississippi. It was reported that diabetics were receiving phone calls from identity thieves claiming to be from the Diabetes Foundation [...]

South Shore Hospital has informed around 800,000 individuals that their personal information may have been exposed.  This includes the personal information of patients, employees, donors, and other partners affiliated with the institution.
South Shore Hospital which is located in South Weymouth, Massachusetts posted the data breach notification on its website earlier this week. The hospital is [...]

Citizens Property Insurance is in the process of warning policy holders that their checks may not have been received.  The public insurance carrier said someone filled out a change of address form at the post office for Citizens headquarters, redirecting the company’s mail to an apartment in Hialeah, Florida.
The company fears customers’ checks could be [...]

Anthem Blue Cross has notified around 230,000 of its applicants that their personal information may have been exposed.  The personal information included medical records and Social Security numbers.
This recent data breach is believed to be linked to a systems upgrade completed last October. A third-party security vendor certified that all proper privacy safeguards were in [...]

A Staten Island-based identity theft ring was charged with stealing the personal and financial information of at least 200 people and using it to steal in excess of $5 million before caught, officials announced on Wednesday.
The ringleaders of the scam were Kazeem Badru, 38, Ganiu Rilwan, 46, and Okoronkwo Okechukwu, 32.
The ringleaders recruited other conspirators [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has once again postponed enforcement of the Red Flags Rule from June 1 until Dec. 31, 2010 at the request of several members of Congress. The FTC stated that Congress would be considering legislation on the scope of entities covered by the Rule.
The FTC “urges Congress to act quickly to [...]

Federal prosecutors have charged a Massachusetts couple with stealing the names, birth dates, and Social Security numbers of dozens of Transportation Security Administration officers working at Boston’s Logan International Airport.  The Transportation Security Administration officers screen passengers and baggage at U.S. airports.
While there was no indication the information was passed to any militant group that [...]