A Northern Kentucky University employee’s laptop computer – which contained personal information about some current and former students — was stolen from a restricted area last month, university officials said. […] The computer was taken July 22, according to a letter from Sara Sidebottom, the university’s vice president for legal affairs and general counsel. Cole…
Category: Breach Incidents
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Four men living in the Dallas area have been sentenced to prison in what prosecutors say was an ID theft and bogus loans scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Friday announced sentences for Gilbert Gotoro, Christopher Chiota, Tendeka Daniel Parirenyatwa and Michael Thomas Jr. More. Gene Anthony Franklin 34 was sentenced…
Dumped real estate docs in Denver
It’s like throwing away someone’s good name. The Colorado Division of Real Estate removed hundreds of sensitive loan documents left in a dumpster behind a Denver shopping center. A loan officer found them Friday afternoon and called the state– which immediately removed the files. And now it’s launched an investigation as to who violated state…
Dutch news agency goof leaks VIP phone numbers
Security shortcomings by Dutch press agency GPD exposed the private telephone numbers of politicians and other public figures to prying eyes until earlier this week. Former telephone numbers of controversial anti-immigration MP Geert Wilders and an old (now disconnected) mobile, formerly belonging to prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende, were left exposed by the leak. Current…
Potential medical breach upsets Clarksville patients
Debra Heaton thinks Clarksville Surgical Associates should do more after she and other patients received letters this week informing them some of their personal information may have been exposed. Advertisement But Dr. Steven Daugherty, owner of the practice, said by mailing 14,500 letters to clients, he has gone “above and beyond” what the law requires…
IE bank error leads to data leak
A bank has carried out an internal investigation after a blunder meant that details of pension numbers, account and sort codes, were sent out in error to 20 customers, it was revealed last night. Bank of Ireland Life, an independent company with the Bank of Ireland group, confirmed that a “manual administrative error” had resulted…