Betsy Lambert reports: Thieves made off with computers full of personal information last week when they burglarized the Lutheran Church of Prayer on Panorama Drive. Databases with employee and congregational information were in the stolen computers. Since the theft, Lutjens said at least one church employee’s home has been burglarized and another employee’s financial accounts…
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New Study Reveals Push to Electronic Medical Records Puts Patient Privacy at Risk
From the press release: LogLogic, the leader in log and security management solutions, and the Ponemon Institute, a privacy and information management research firm, today announced results of a national survey of healthcare IT security professionals that shows patients may be surrendering their privacy as the $2.5 trillion medical industry – prompted by federal stimulus…
UPDATE: Credit cards also involved in Cheers Liquor breach
Wayne Heilman reports: A security breach in the credit-card processing system at Cheers Liquor Mart involves both credit and debit cards and likely involves customers of dozens, if not hundreds, of financial institutions nationwide, the Colorado Springs-based retailer said today. Cheers has shut down a wireless broadband system that was used to process credit-card transactions…
ID theft ring traced to stolen MVD document
KOAT reports a breach out of New Mexico: About a month ago, Target 7 reported that Rod White, of Los Ranchos, was indicted on charges of fraud, forgery and identity theft. White tried to pass off fake checks using the state Taxation and Revenue Department’s account number. Officials knew little then, but APD detectives said…
FTC settles latest charges against ChoicePoint
ChoicePoint, Inc., one of the nation’s largest data brokers, has agreed to strengthened data security requirements to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company failed to implement a comprehensive information security program protecting consumers’ sensitive information, as required by a previous court order. This failure left the door open to a data breach in…
Follow-up to Radisson breach
As a small follow-up to the Radisson breach covered here, a copy of Radisson’s notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is now available online here (pdf).