This AMEX incident is troubling and the fact that this is hard to detect and control, consumers are just sittnig ducks. Well I am unaware of the complete details but many types of incidents like this go unreported. Brace yourself again, AMEX cardholders. Check you recent purchases.
| Aug. 14, 2009 | American Express (New York, NY) | Some American Express card members' accounts may have been compromised by an employee's recent theft of data. The former employee has been arrested and the company is investigating how the data was obtained. American Express declined to disclose any more details about the incident. The company has put additional fraud monitoring and protection controls on the accounts at issue. | Unknown |
| Aug. 14, 2009 | Calhoun Area Career Center (Battle Creek, MI) | Personal information from 455 students at Calhoun Area Career Center during the 2005-2006 school year was available online for more than three years. The information included names, Social Security numbers, 2006 addresses and telephone numbers, birth dates and school information. There were about 1,000 students at the career center during that time, but an investigation by the Calhoun County Intermediate School district found that information for 455 students was available. | 455 |
| Aug. 15, 2009 | Northern Kentucky University (Highland Heights, KY) | A Northern Kentucky University employee's laptop computer - which contained personal information about some current and former students -- was stolen from a restricted area. The personal information stored on the employee's computer included Social Security numbers of at least 200 current and former students. | 200 |
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