In a follow-up to a breach first reported in April 2007, the Associated Press reports that Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections officials have signed a consent order admitting they unlawfully disposed of 30 boxes of voter documents in 2007. The boxes, which were found outside Atlanta Technical College, contained approximately 75,000 voter registration…
Category: Breach Incidents
Ca: Lost BlackBerry had patient data
Beverlyy Ware of The Chronicle Herald reports that 74 continuing care patients in the Bridgewater area are being notified that their name, age, address and doctor’s name and information on their medical conditions and medications were on a BlackBerry that was lost April 12. The BlackBerry was not password-protected.
OR: Sensitive Docs Found In Recycle Bin
KPTV reports that residents of the Spencer House Apartment Complex found hundreds of private documents unshredded in a recycling bin last week. The documents reportedly included Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, immigration numbers and names, bank statements and rental applications. Tualatin Valley Housing Partners said the company is investigating how the documents ended up…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Nakeshia Brown, a former patient care assistant at Memorial Hermann Hospital, is facing charges of identity theft and bank fraud for allegedly stealing patients’ info to use to open credit cards. More. In 2003, the hospital was also involved in data breach involving a dishonest employee who stole patient information and…
NC: Thief Snatches Computer With Personal Info From Charity
WSOCTV reports that a burglar who broke into East Burke Christian Ministries stole a computer containing personal information and Social Security numbers of more than 1,000 people who sought help from the ministry.
Two email gaffes expose Dutch subscribers’ email addresses
Dutch newsletter subscribers seem to be having a tough time recently keeping their email addresses private. According to Karin Spaink‘s blog, first the police accidentally exposed 650 newsletter recipients’ addresses in the cc-field instead of using the bcc-field of a newsletter, and then Het Dagblad van het Noorden exposed a .txt file with 32.781 e-mail…