Montefiore Medical Center in New York has experienced two computer thefts in recent months. Although neither incident appears on HHS’s web site of reported breaches as of the time of this posting, a statement on Montefiore Medical Center‘s web site indicates that both thefts involved computers containing sensitive personal and medical information of patients and…
Author: Dissent
Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine Report Stolen Laptop
From the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital‘s web sites: On May 13, 2010, a physician from Baylor College of Medicine and affiliated with Texas Children’s Hospital had his password-protected laptop stolen from an office at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas. Electronic files on the laptop contained demographic and clinical information of…
CT: Three charged with credit card fraud/ID theft ring at local stores
Three New Yorkers were arrested Thursday as they left a local store and charged with orchestrating a credit card fraud and identity theft ring that struck a series of Westport merchants. […] Among the items recovered from the suspects’ vehicle were fraudulent credit cards, credit card statements and a credit card reader, police said. Read…
A costly layover: laptop with over 32,000 SSN lost
Through its lawyers, Indianapolis-based First Advantage Tax Consulting Services (TCS) has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that on June 10, a laptop containing sensitive personal information was lost during an airport layover. The documents on the laptop included information provided by employers who were receiving TCS’s professional services in determining their eligibility for…
Ca: Tax collector may have used confidential files for business leads
Chad Skelton reports: A tax collector in B.C. used the Canada Revenue Agency’s computers to look up the private tax files of hundreds of high-income individuals, apparently in the hopes of hitting them up for a business she ran on the side, according to internal government documents. The CRA’s internal investigation report, obtained by the…
UK: Tesco Bank fraud risk after data lost in post
Ed Monk reports: Tesco Bank has lost the personal details of dozens of customers, leaving them exposed to the risk of fraud, after staff sent unprotected personal data in the post. It is thought the customers affected were already in angry dispute with Tesco Bank over charges for controversial payment protection insurance on Tesco credit…