Rape & Brooks Orthodontics, P.C., a multi-office Alabama practice specializing in braces for children and adults, recently notified 20,744 patients that burglars had broken into their Centerpoint, Alabama office and stolen some equipment, including a server that held personal and protected health information on patients who had been seen over the last 30 years by…
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Laptop stolen from contractor’s car affects 1,700 who sought to adopt children through Catholic Social Services
A stolen laptop containing personal and protected health information of 1,700 clients of Catholic Social Services in Anchorage has resulted in a notification to the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services and affected clients. According to a notice on the CSS’s web site dated March 30: on February 2nd, CSS learned of a theft that had…
Another instance where a client’s login misused to access database
I’ve gotten used to seeing occasional reports from Experian that a client’s login was stolen or acquired by someone who used it to access credit reports on individuals, but an April 7 notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is the first time I can recall seeing that type of report from Merlin Information…
Congress not happy with Sony, Sony not happy with Anonymous, and gamers just unhappy, period.
Not a great day for Sony. First they got slammed at a Congressional hearing on data theft for not being willing to come testify. Representative Mary Bono Mack, Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, said: As Chairman of this Subcommittee, I am deeply troubled by these latest data breaches, and the decision by both Epsilon and Sony…
Rape & Brooks Orthodontics notifies 20,744 patients that their information was on stolen server
Rape & Brooks Orthodontics, P.C., a multi-office Alabama practice specializing in braces for children and adults, recently notified 20,744 patients that burglars had broken into their Centerpoint, Alabama office and stolen some equipment, including a server that held personal and protected health information on patients who had been seen over the last 30 years by…
Laptop stolen from contractor's car affects 1,700 who sought to adopt children through Catholic Social Services
A stolen laptop containing personal and protected health information of 1,700 clients of Catholic Social Services in Anchorage has resulted in a notification to the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services and affected clients. According to a notice on the CSS’s web site dated March 30: on February 2nd, CSS learned of a theft…