Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Indiana Data Theft Compromises 700,000

Posted by timothy on from the can't-the-thieves-just-trade-among-themselves dept.

palewook writes "A Midwest collection company, Central Collection Bureau, admits a server and eight PCs stolen contain over 700,000 individuals' personal data. Central Collection Bureau acts as a collection contractor for doctors and utility companies. The Indiana based company admits the stolen info consists of addresses, social security numbers, and medical codes."

3 of 52 comments (clear)

  1. That's what they get for outsourcing . . . by base3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    . . . to India...na . . . oh, wait.

    --
    One CPU cycle wasted on digital restrictions management is ONE TOO MANY.
  2. Next, on World's Dumbest Criminals.... by Seraphim_72 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean they stole the data of 700,000 people that were on the roles at a Debt Collection company. I mean, these are people that can't pay their bills and have bad credit. How stupid is it to steal that data. "Uh...my SSN is...er...123-45-6789" "I am sorry sir, with your credit score we can't issue you a card." Sure it is still a bad thing for those people to have their info exposed, but sheesh what is next - "Thieves get data of soup kitchen patrons, bankrupt Campbells."? My suspicion is that they are too dumb to know what they have stolen. "Should we bring this flat one? It ain't got no screen or keyboard?" "Sure, I bet its a dvd player, grab it."

    --
    Slashdot, where armchair scientists get shouted down and armchair theologians get modded up.
  3. Re:Well this is a well timed article by Skapare · · Score: 2, Funny

    Take a CNN story like this, edit it to show your company as the culprit including how sales dropped dramatically, set it up on a web server somewhere, fabricate a CNN-spoofing URL to access it, and use an anonymous web email account to send it to those upper level managers along with a comment saying "do you want to avoid a situation like this?".

    --
    now we need to go OSS in diesel cars