TBD

January  15, 2009

DOC Electric

Name, address, SSN, employment records, financial accounts.

All employees at DOC Electric from the start of the business until the company closed in the summer 0f 2008.

DOC Electric assets to include computers and file cabinets were auctioned by M&I Bank and a local auction house on January 15, 2009. Calls began to come into the OPP office from concerned individuals attending the auction who reported the computers and file cabinets contained personal information.

Contact was made by the OPP to M&I to request recovery of the assets containing personal information and it was recommended those affected receive notification about the incident.

If you feel you are a victim of identity theft as a result of this breach, contact the Office of Privacy Protection at (800)422-7128 or  email us at wisconsinprivacy@wisconsin.gov.

January 20, 2009

Early 2008

Heartland Payment Services

Digital magnetic stripe card information.

An estimated 100 million card transactions were intercepted when a server at Heartland was compromised by what appears to be hackers. Card affected are Visa and Mastercard, to include both debit and credit transactions.

The data stolen does not include name, address, SSN or unencrypted PIN. Although, the information involved is enough for a thief to fabricate a duplicate card.

The FBI and Secret Service are in the process of investigating this case. Heartland has not notified those affected to date as a result of analyzing the data collected to determine who is affected.

If you are a cardholder of Mastercard or Visa we recommend that you closely monitor your accounts for fraudulent activity. You will receive a notification letter from Heartland within the next 45 days that will provide you with more details.

January 26, 2009

January 23, 2009

City of Madison, Wisconsin

Name, Photo, SSN

300 to 500 city employees who were employed from 2004 through 2007 were affected.

A laptop containing personal information was stolen from the city/county building  Friday, January 23 and found about two blocks away on Monday morning and turned over to police. There is no evidence the information contained on the laptop was accessed and the personal information files have since been deleted from it.

A letter of notification has been sent to those affected.

If you are one of those affected we recommend the following:

Request a free credit report and review it, place a fraud alert on your credit report, contact the DMV and compare your W-2 to your SSA wage statement annually.

January 2009

End of 2008

Monster.com

Name, Address, email address, phone number, user id and password

An investigation is under way and it’s not clear how many job seekers have been affected.  Monster.com hosts the site for over 1.6 million resumes.

Hackers apparently accessed Monster’s database and stole information. Monster has used the media to notify job seekers instead of sending emails that may be viewed as spam by users. Users are directed to request new user ids and passwords. Users are also advised not to post personal information in memo post areas of the resume menu.