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Other recent breaches that flew under the media radar

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Dissent

State web sites that post breach reports often reveal breaches we didn’t learn about via media coverage. Here are five that I learned about in the past few days: Republic Services reported that a laptop stolen from an employee’s home contained current and former employees’ names and Social Security numbers. The theft occurred in Maricopa…

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Advocate Medical Group notifying 4 million patients after burglars snatch unencrypted computers

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Dissent

Advocate Medical Group and its parent, Advent Healthcare, may have just bought themselves a heap of problems. Storing more than 20 year-old personally identifiable data including Social Security numbers on unencrypted computers with less than strong physical security doesn’t bode well for any investigation by HHS or Illinois’s Attorney General. (corrected name on medical group)

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Lutz Otte, German IT specialist employed by Julius Baer, sentenced to 3 years for Swiss data theft

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Dissent

Oliver Hirt reports on sentencing in a 2011 breach reported previously on this blog:  A Swiss court on Thursday sentenced a 54-year-old computer specialist to three years in jail for selling client data from Swiss bank Julius Baer to the German tax authorities, after the man agreed a plea deal with prosecutors. […] Otte sent…

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UK: Local Government Ombudsman (the LGO) signs undertaking after data breach

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Dissent

An undertaking to comply with the seventh data protection principle has been signed by the Local Government Ombudsman. This follows the theft of a bag containing hard copy papers relating to complaints made to the Local Government Ombudsman (the LGO) including some sensitive personal information.  The bag, which was stolen from an investigator at a…

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Ca: Security breach at Charlottetown ACOA office

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Dissent

Well, this may or may not be a breach, as they’re not saying what’s on the stolen computers. Nigel Armstrong reports: Four laptop computers are missing from a federal government agency in Charlottetown, but no one is commenting on what data might be in them. Staff at the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency at 100 Sydney…

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Montana non-profit warns of possible security breach after Missoula break-in

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Dissent

Dennis Bragg reports: Leaders of the Hospice Care Foundation are warning their clients and donors to be watching for a possible security breach, after thieves steal a laptop during an office break-in. […] The stolen laptop is password protected, but contained some records pertaining to donations, and an upcoming fundraising event. The foundation is working…

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