On November 11, Express Scripts announced that some its clients had received extortion attempts, presumably from the same person or persons who had contacted them with the threat to expose personal information if Express Scripts did not meet their demands. On November 21, Toyota Motor Sales notified the New Hampshire Attorney General that: […] Early…
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TD Banknorth notifies over 3,000 customers of stolen data
On November 26th, TD Bank, N.A. notified the New Hampshire Attorney General that on October 27, computer equipment containing names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, bank account numbers and balances was removed without authorization from two TD Banknorth branches that were being consolidated into TD Bank Stores in Hillsdale and Park Ridge, New…
Over 2,220 North Pacific Group employees affected by stolen computers
A burglary at the Portland, Oregon offices of North Pacific Group over the recent Thanksgiving weekend resulted in the theft of several laptops and other computer equipment. As described in a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General dated December 23l, two of the stolen computers: … stored files containing names, addresses, Social Security numbers,…
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Company faces privacy probe into health records found on Ottawa street
Ontario’s privacy commissioner is launching an investigation into how patients’ sensitive medical records ended up being blown around a downtown Ottawa street Wednesday. Ann Cavoukian said she alerted CML Healthcare immediately after hearing that an Ottawa man had found the papers on O’Connor Street, outside a medical centre housing a CML medical imaging clinic….