Small financial services firm learns about security the hard (wrong) way

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Date Reported:

9/16/10

Organization:

Advisors Unlimited

Contractor/Consultant/Branch:

None

Location:

Hagatna, Guam

Victims:

Clients

Number Affected:

As many as 1,000

Types of Data:

Personal information including “names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers and bank account information and credit card numbers”

Breach Description:

The Hagatna office of Advisors Unlimited was burglarized and among the items taken was an external hard drive containing financial information and personal information belonging to their clients.