Here’s a data breach in progress story from right here in Colorado. In the Peoples Republic of Boulder to be exact. I can say that – I live here. Anyway the Boulder Daily Camera reports it like this.
BOULDER, Colo. — Police have chained up 10 recycling bins outside Boulder’s now-defunct Anderson Kia car dealership after learning that the bins were stuffed with personal information from the dealership’s former customers.
All of the folders contained Social Security numbers, driver’s license information, photos, phone numbers and financial information for Kia customers.
Come on guys. Ever hear of a paper shredder? You might at least have attempted to sell the info or use it yourselves for nefarious purposes. Then we’d know you were crooks. Rather than just morons.
Wow that is just plain out scary. There are laws that they clearly broke, like FACTA (Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act). You can’t just throw away info like that without first destroying it. They definitely didn’t know about FACTA compliance.