4 Security breaches 4/20/08

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700,000 people could be affected by security breach

Eight computers, once the backbone for Central Collection Bureau, were stolen from the company's offices on March 21, 2008.

Inside the computers are the names of hundreds of thousands of people, as well as their names, addresses, Social Security numbers and in some cases medical codes. Every name is a customer or a patient.

Over 130,000 Medical Records May Have Been Compromised in Security Breach

According to health insurance giant Wellpoint Inc., a security breach may have inadvertently allowed internet access to the personal medical information of nearly 130,000 customers. The Indiana-based company said that Social Security numbers, pharmacy records and other personal health data of customers in several states were not properly secured.

Security breach hits more area colleges

The stolen laptop that contained Social Security numbers for 16,000 former and current students at Buffalo State College is causing problems for four other area colleges, as well.

Fredonia State, Niagara County Community, Genesee Community and Jamestown Community colleges are among 13 state schools that had private student information on that laptop.

The laptop was stolen last month from an employee of Sun- Gard, the Pennsylvania-based consulting company that services those schools and administers their student records systems.

Security Breach: Feds Lose Laptop Containing Sensitive Data -- Again
DEspite the FEDGOV constantly pledging to ENCRYPT sensitive info and prevent it from being on laptops, they have failed again affecting 2,500 people.