FMWRC Public Affairs posted the following on www.army.mil: A laptop computer containing names and personally identifiable information for slightly more than 42,000 Fort Belvoir Morale, Welfare and Recreation patrons was stolen from a Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command employee Nov. 28. The Family and MWR Command was made aware of the theft Dec….
Author: Dissent
Some yearly round-ups on breaches
It’s that time of the year, and some firms and journalists have begun looking back at 2009. Here are some round-ups I’ve seen recently: Perimeter E-Security Exposes Top Ten Biggest Security Breaches and Blunders of 2009 The Year Of The Mega Data Breach 2009: a year of incident, loss, malware and ultimately education Ten Most…
Autopsy reports altered in data breach at WDH: Frisbie says it will notify families of deceased
Adam D. Krauss updates us on an insider breach at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (WDH) that was covered previously on this site. Frisbie Memorial Hospital says it will notify the families of two patients whose autopsy reports were altered when a Wentworth-Douglass Hospital employee made unauthorized changes to patients records’ at WDH’s pathology lab. Frisbie’s plan is…
UK: PCSO fined for data access breach
A police community support officer has been fined £2,000 for unlawfully accessing information on Metropolitan Police databases. Thomas Childs, 22, who has resigned from his post in Hackney, east London, admitted seven counts of breaching the Data Protection Act. At Westminster Magistrates’ Court he also admitted attempting to obtain information involving personal data. Read more…
Autopsy reports altered in data breach at WDH: Frisbie says it will notify families of deceased
Adam D. Krauss updates us on an insider breach at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (WDH) that was covered previously on this site. Frisbie Memorial Hospital says it will notify the families of two patients whose autopsy reports were altered when a Wentworth-Douglass Hospital employee made unauthorized changes to patients records’ at WDH’s pathology lab. Frisbie’s plan is…
No law, no investigation. So change the law!
On August 28, Missouri’s new data protection law went into effect. Fat lot of good it did for past clients of Nationwide Credit Counseling. When their financial records, replete with personal information, were found in bankers boxes in a dumpster , were they notified of the breach? No. And was any action taken against the…