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dumpster diving in Baco Raton Fl
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:59:35 -0500
Original Story Posted on Jun 3, 2008 Two Updates posted jun 4 and Jun 10 http://www.wflxfox29.com/Global/story.asp?S=8416813 [...] Piles and piles of personal files with tax information, social security numbers and license numbers, were found in a Boca Raton dumpster. These dumpsters are located between a set of warehouses here on Northwest First Avenue. The dumped personal records inside, apparently belonged to Wheeler's Moving Company. Some files even dated back as far as 20 years or more. An incredible amount of personal information and old client files containing driver's licenses, social security numbers, telephone numbers, addresses and birth dates were found on these files. After contacting the Wheeler's Moving Company, they claimed to have moved out of Boca Raton and into Jupiter about a year ago and they had no idea this had happened. Police received a call Monday, and were able to clean up a majority of this dumpster. There are currently some remnants of the files out there, but officials are doing their best to protect the people on these files so their identities are not stolen and get these files and papers shredded properly. And a followup [...] Spieler says she used a Boca moving company 13 years ago. That moving company was sold and relocated. The building owner now cleaning out and tossing the files with information on employees, applicants and customers like Spieler. "It shouldn't have been available to anybody, but nobody has done anything." Building owner Charles Wheeler, former owner of the moving company, says, "In my heart I don't think it's going to be a problem. And I didn't realize until I heard from you guys that there was something sensitive in there. And it should have never been thrown out." _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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