Ministers have revealed the number of laptops lost or stolen from their departments, with the Department for Work and Pensions mislaying 41 laptops last year. Work and pensions minister Jim Knight said that out of around 9,700 laptops used by his department and its agencies, 41 were lost or stolen in 2008. The figure shows…
Author: Dissent
More breaches we didn’t read about
The Maryland Attorney General’s Office web site update reveals a number of breaches in the past few months that were never reported in the media. In addition to other news items reported earlier today on this site, here are some more newly revealed breaches: Pension Fund of the U.S.W.U. Local No. 74 reported that in…
SoCal hospital warns patients of computer breach
Patients at a San Diego medical center have been warned that a hacker breached the center’s computers and gained access to patients’ personal information. The University of California, San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center sent a letter to 30,000 patients after the records were accessed late last month. Read more from the Associated Press.
LPL Financial reports theft of computers
LPL Financial (formerly known as Linsco/Private Ledger Corp) has had a number of data breaches in the past few years, most of which never get reported in the media. Two more have just come to light. In one newly revealed incident, two desktop computers were stolen from the office of Sullivan and Schlieman Wealth Management,…
H.D. Buttercup customer credit card info stolen
Furniture mart H.D. Buttercup notified 1,230 customers that their names and credit card numbers and “certain other credit card information” may have been accessed as a result of a security breach. “certain other credit card information?” That doesn’t sound good. The letter and notification to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office does not indicate when the…
Unauthorized access of Experian’s database triggers report
LexisNexis isn’t the only big databaser reporting problems recently. On June 26, credit reporting firm Experian notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office that unknown individuals managed to successfully authenticate their identity and access consumers’ reports. Twenty Maryland residents were being notified. The total number of consumers whose reports were accessed was not indicated. Experian is…