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1 Million Red Cross Blood Donors Exposed to ID Theft

About 1 million people contained in a Red Cross blood donor database have been exposed to identity theft by a dishonest employee of the organization. The suspect in the case, Lonetta S. Medcalf worked as a telerecruiter for Red Cross blood drives in the Midwest and is now believed to have had access to a database of donors including most of Missouri, Southern Illinois and eight counties in eastern Kansas.

By Tom F on May 22, 2006 in Data Breach, Identity Theft | Permalink