Over on AlertBoot, Sang Lee followed up on one of my posts to databreaches.net: After finding a tiny story about data breaches in Spain at databreaches.net, I decided to look into the situation since the article it referred to was quite unsatisfying. Turns out that the issue caused quite a stir in Spain, with over…
Month: October 2010
Why I think Microsoft’s claims that breaches are down are seriously confounded
Ever since yesterday morning when I read that Microsoft reported that breaches involving data loss are down, it’s been a puzzlement because all of the data I’ve seen this year suggest that the number of breach reports are up. I think I’ve figured out how they came to what I see as an erroneous statement….
UC Davis Medical Center notified 900 patients of data theft
Bobby Caina Calvan of the Sacramento Bee reports: UC Davis Medical Center officials said financial documents and other data containing information about 900 patients were stolen in an August burglary of a West Sacramento courier service. A med center spokesman, Charles Casey, said the affected patients were notified of the incident, and “the risk of identity…
UC Davis Medical Center notified 900 patients of data theft
Bobby Caina Calvan of the Sacramento Bee reports: UC Davis Medical Center officials said financial documents and other data containing information about 900 patients were stolen in an August burglary of a West Sacramento courier service. A med center spokesman, Charles Casey, said the affected patients were notified of the incident, and “the risk of…
Ca: Thousands of old papers with personal info on guests found behind Best Western Primrose
Chris Doucette reports: Thousands of slips of paper with personal information of past guests from around the world were found blowing in the wind in an alley behind a downtown hotel Friday morning. And many of the old documents, found around 7:30 a.m. scattered next to a dumpster behind the Best Western Primrose at Carlton…
VA uses new technology to protect vets' health info
Dan Davidson reports on a VA cybersecurity initiative that will help protect veterans’ health data by using a tool to determine whether the devices are using required security tools: … so far, VA has almost 30,000 laptops tracked by the tool, he said. […] “The Visibility to Desktop Initiation is the ability to, at any…