Liza Yuzda of iNews 880 AM reports that the province’s Information and Privacy Commissioner is launching an investigation after a resident near the Royal Alex found medical records blowing in the wind.
Category: Breach Incidents
Virus compromises Health Dialog Services employee data
On May 12, Boston-based Health Dialog Services Corporation notified (pdf) the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that they had detected a virus on their network that compromised company data, including data stored in the Internet Explorer browser cache on employee computers. The virus was detected on May 5. The company subsequently determined that the compromised…
Update: Laptop stolen from UFCW also contained Canadians’ data
Remember that laptop stolen from United Food and Commercial Workers International in March? Some new details are emerging. First, it turns out that Canadians’ details were also on the laptop. Bill Kaufmann of the Calgary Sun reports that a local union president said the laptop contained information on 28,000 Alberta members, including their social insurance…
MI: State settles lawsuit with psychiatrist
In a case that started in 2007 with medical records being burned on a farm, the Detroit Free Press reports: The Michigan Department of Community Health has settled a civil lawsuit against Southfield psychiatrist Dr. Soon Kim and Quality Health Plan Inc. for improperly disposing medical records from Greater Detroit Hospital in Detroit. Under the…
UK: Bank worker was arrested for attempted theft
Ecommerce Journal reports that Ansir Khan, an employee of Carter Allen Private Bank, wrote down stolen customer details “in a complex code to avoid detection.” He gave the details to accomplices who then rang up the bank pretending to be the customers, transferring money to their own accounts. A Detective Constable used the Scoutmaster’s A…
UK: Stolen RAF vice files spark blackmail fear
More details emerge on a breach reported in 2008… David Hencke of Guardian reports: Sensitive files detailing the extra marital affairs, drug taking and use of prostitutes by very senior officers in the RAF have been stolen, raising fears within the Ministry of Defence that personnel could be vulnerable to blackmail. Up to 500 people…