[Dataloss] [update] Childnet

[Dissent]

Two stories in the media today with additional details on this breach:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-cchildnet12apr12,0,5437573.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

[...]

Peter Balitsaris, president and CEO of ChildNet, acknowledged at a 
Wednesday afternoon press conference that the laptop contains 
financial and credit data, Social Security numbers, driver's license 
data and passport numbers for ChildNet program applicants. He said 
the computer doesn't have information about foster children and 
cannot be accessed without a password. He also said that there are no 
known full backups of the computer's hard drive, though his staff can 
work from paper copies of the information.

[...]

http://www.miamiherald.com/467/story/70966.html


The agency responsible for Broward's foster children fired two 
employees on Wednesday after realizing they had previous criminal 
records and may have stolen from the agency.

ChildNet had discovered the men's previous convictions, including one 
for manslaughter, during background checks before they were hired 
four years ago, but the agency hired them anyway, said Peter 
Balitsaris, agency president.

[...]


Missing from ChildNet are $8,000 in Wal-Mart gift cards and a laptop 
with personal information for about 12,000 people, including foster 
parents and employees.

The gray Dell Latitude laptop contained personal information, 
including driver's license numbers, home addresses and Social 
Security numbers, Balitsaris said. The computer was used to gather 
information for background checks, including fingerprint scans.

[...]


Grant was sentenced to prison in 1995 for manslaughter in Palm Beach 
County and again in 2001 on a cocaine conviction, according to the 
Florida Department of Corrections.

Williams' convictions included burglary in 1988 and battery in 1992, 
both in Tampa, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

[...]



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