Technorati Tag: Security Breach

Date Reported:
3/11/08

Organization:
19 organizations, including Modesto City Schools, Torrance Unified School District, Clovis Unified School District, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ("DWP"),  and Nestle Waters North America Inc. ("NWNA")

Contractor/Consultant/Branch:
*

*This breach is related to:
"Theft from vendor affects Modesto City Schools employees" dated 2/12/08,
"L.A. Dept. of Water of Power employees exposed" dated 2/19/08,
"Clovis Unified School District employees receive notice" dated 2/21/08
"Systematic Automation breach continued..." dated 2/22/08, and
"Nestle Waters North America employee affected by Systematic Automation breach" dated 3/4/08

Update:
The Modesto Bee and the Whittier Daily News are reporting that a computer has been recovered from the home of Todd Irvine, 43 from La Habra.  The computer "contained more than 40,000 names, addresses and Social Security numbers of California residents" according to a Fullerton police sergeant.

Reference URL:
Whittier Daily News
Modesto Bee

Report Credit:
Whittier Daily News

Response:
From the online sources cited above:

Fullerton police detectives analyzed data Tuesday from a stolen computer seized from a La Habra man that contained more than 40,000 names, addresses and Social Security numbers of California residents, a sergeant said.

Todd Irvine, 43, was arrested on Friday after Fullerton detectives served a search warrant at his home in the 700 block of La Serna Avenue, said Fullerton police Sgt. Linda King.

The computer was stolen in a Feb. 11 commercial burglary of Systematic Automation Inc., a Fullerton data processing firm. The company prints individualized annual statements customized for employees with a summary of their health and other employee benefits, King said.

Fullerton police received information that the stolen computer was being used to access the Internet, which led to detectives obtaining the search warrant, King said.

Several other computers also were seized, she said.

Police are analyzing the computer to determine if the employee information files had been compromised, but no related cases of identity theft have been reported, she said.

Irvine, a parolee, faces possession of stolen property charges, King said.

Commentary:
Mr. Irvine is not a very bright individual, is he?  I suspect that the confidential information was not accessed by Mr. Irvine, and I also suspect he didn't even know what he had.

Police did a superb job by following up on leads and treating this crime very seriously.  They should be commended on their work.

This has been one of the most popular breaches in terms of the number of times the articles have been read, since The Breach Blog was launched in September, 2007

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