In the justice system: Atin Singh, charged with stealing customer data from Roti Bistro where he worked, pleaded no contest to five felonies. More. Joseph A. Radican was sentenced to 18 months probation after pleading guilty in the theft of three computers from the Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center in 2008 (previous coverage here). The…
Category: Breach Incidents
(Follow-up) UK: Human error blamed for data loss
A health trust did not take adequate steps to prevent the loss of a memory stick with data on 6,360 prisoners and ex-prisoners, a report has said. The USB stick was being used to back up clinical databases at HMP Preston when it was lost on 30 December. A report found that human error was…
(Update) auDA appeal against Bottle injunction rejected
Ry Crozier reports: Bottle Domains’ temporary injunction against auDA revoking its accreditation stands after the Victorian Supreme Court turned down an appeal by the regulator. Sources close to the action have told iTnews that “the injunction stands” – at least until the full hearings begin on Wednesday of next week. Read more in iTnews Related…
LA: Lawsuit filed over data theft
Joe Gyan Jr. of The Advocate reports: A Baton Rouge seafood restaurant from which more than 1,800 patron credit card numbers were stolen in April 2008 is suing the providers of its computers and software. On the Half Shell, which has one eatery on Bluebonnet Boulevard and another in Prairieville, claims Acadiana-based Computer World Inc….
TX: Box With Private Information Found Outside Elementary School
Monica Balderrama reports that following up on a phone call, KFOX found a box with personal information of hundreds of teachers, students and parents outside of Eastwood Knolls Elementary School in the Ysleta School District. The documents, which included school registration forms, immunization records and copies of birth certificates, as well as a roster with…
North Carolina breach data, 2007- March, 2009
Between January 2007 and March 19, 2009, North Carolina received 231 notifications of breaches under their breach reporting requirements. NC’s statute includes breaches involving paper records as well as electronic records, but only breaches requiring notification of 1,000 individuals or more must be reported to NC’s Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General’s Office. Hence,…