A Bristol lawyer has apologised after rubbish he was seen throwing into a city centre litter bin turned out to be a colleague’s confidential case notes. A cafe worker saw Stephen Davies QC put the papers into a bin on 21 January close to the city’s legal centre. Mr Davies said he had been helping…
Category: Breach Incidents
Burglar steals computers from city cemetery building
It’s not clear what kind of information was stolen in this incident that was reported in Croatian Times: Police are investigating the case of an unknown burglar who stole five computers and four monitors at a Sisak cemetery building last night (Weds/Thurs). City cemetery head Mijo Domitrovic said the thief had stolen a CD with…
Private data of 8,600 Ont. teachers compromised
Laptops containing sensitive records belonging to thousands of Ontario teachers have been stolen, CBC News has learned. The three laptops contained names, addresses, birth dates and social insurance numbers of some 8,600 teachers, most of whom work at elementary schools for the Toronto District School Board. The computers were stolen from the Waterloo, Ont., offices…
Seattle court worker charged with id theft
Levi Pulkklinen reports more on a story previously mentioned on this blog: A week after her alleged conspirators were charged, federal prosecutors have a Seattle Municipal Court employee with bank fraud and identity theft. […] Searching the vehicle, investigators found a number of “profiles” bearing Seattle Municipal Court customers’ names and credit-card numbers, according to…
UCSF patient records possibly compromised
Victoria Colliver reports: Medical records for about 4,400 UCSF patients are at risk after thieves stole a laptop from a medical school employee in November, UCSF officials said today. The laptop, which was stolen on or about Nov. 30, was found in Southern California on Jan. 8. There is no indication that unauthorized access to…
FL: Medical files in Port St. Lucie trash bin could have led to ID fraud, police say
Will Greenlee reports: Police on Tuesday turned up medical files containing information that could be used to commit identity theft in a trash bin near University Medical Clinics, a police spokesman said Wednesday. Police determined the files, which contained information including patient names, Social Security numbers, phone numbers and addresses, had been discarded from University…