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Workplace files tempt ID thieves
From: Dissent <Dissent () pogowasright org>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:23:52 -0400
Sent on by lyger: http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/09/28/100loc_a1files001.cfm A trip to the Stevens Hospital emergency room left dozens of people with unexpected financial headaches. That's because a manager for a billing company hired on a contract basis by doctors at the Edmonds hospital stole patients' credit card numbers. She gave the information to her brother, who investigators believe then went on a spending spree, buying thousands of dollars worth of clothes and gift cards over the Internet. Federal officials said this case is one of a growing number of identity thefts involving insiders who steal and sell personal information they get on the job. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 136 million compromised records in 375 incidents over 6 years.
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