Aultman Health Foundation posted a notice on its web site on August 6 concerning a stolen laptop that says, in part: A password-protected laptop maintained by Aultman HealthCare in Your Home was stolen on June 7, 2010. A police report was filed at the time of the incident. The information on the laptop computer included…
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PA: $33,950 stolen from Fayette Heating and Air Conditioning payroll account
A Fayette County business said it has discovered that about $33,950 was missing last month from its payroll account through First Niagara Bank, apparently transferred via a computer that was traced to an Internet provider in Europe, state police at Uniontown reported. […] Wachovia Bank, based in Charlotte, was contacted about the transferred $29,000. Police…
GA: Arrest made in ID theft case
The Flowery Branch Police Department is investigating an identity theft case that may stretch across the South and involve an estimated $100,000 in fraudulent credit card use. […] Officers ended up charging Lecresha S. Dudley, 27, of Oakland, Calif., with one count of transaction card fraud, one count of forgery of a transaction card, two…
UK: Laptop with patients' medical records stolen from health centre
Laptop thefts are also everywhere. A laptop containing hundreds of patients’ names and medical details has been stolen from a city health centre. The computer was taken from an office at the Mary Potter Centre in Hyson Green. NHS bosses have now written to the 211 physiotherapy patients affected to apologise after the theft, in…
Ie: Patient information leak at Sligo General
Paper breaches, from small to large, are everywhere. Confidential information on patients at Sligo General Hospital was made public due to staff mistakenly faxing the details to the wrong number. While in a separate incident more details were leaked when a piece of paper with a patients name and hospital number was found outside the…
Most attacks on federal networks financially motivated
Jill R. Aitoro reports: Most malware attacks against federal agencies are financially motivated, seeking to trick computer users into buying fake security software or providing personal information that can be used to hack into their bank accounts. Although espionage and terrorism often are considered the primary motivations for breaking into government networks, 90 percent of…