Privacy and information management research firm Ponemon Institute, together with PGP Corporation, a global leader in enterprise data protection, today announced the results of the first annual study into the costs incurred by French organisations after experiencing a data breach. The “2009 Annual Study: French Cost of a Data Breach” report, compiled by the Ponemon…
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Ca: Snooping Pharmacist
Natalie Geddes reports: A pharmacist in Melville allegedly broke the law when he looked up the medication records of three people who weren’t even clients. A manager at L & M Pharmacy, Daryl Leshko say the man looked up the records because he was concerned for the well being of a personal acquaintance. The breach…
Missing Woodbury Financial USB contained client data
Woodbury Financial Services, an affiliate of The Hartford, is a broker-dealer using independent registered agents. On or about March 16, one of the agents gave WFS an unencrypted USB drive containing client data. The USB was subsequently found to be missing, and a search of the premises was unsuccessful. Woodbury Financial notified the New Hampshire…
Strategic Workforce Solutions notifies employees of data breach
If we want to improve data protection and security, maybe instead of requiring encryption, we should just outlaw cars? A portable storage device stolen from the vehicle of an employee of the Tatum division of SFN Professional Services (Strategic Workforce Solutions) has resulted in the firm notifying its employees that their names, addresses, and Social…
Monoprice confirms data breach, notifies customers
On March 9, Brian Krebs broke the news that Monoprice had shut down its web site while it was investigating the possible compromise of customer credit and debit card information. On April 2, Monoprice’s President and CEO Jong S. Lee notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that on March 29, it determined that its…
Yet another laptop stolen from a car puts employee data at risk
Lam Research Corporation has been notifying employees that their personal information was on a laptop stolen from the car of an employee. The laptop was stolen on the night of March 9 or early morning March 10. The company’s investigation indicates that the laptop, which was password- and fingerprint-protected, contained first and last names and…