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IE: Man stole laptops from HSE offices in middle of night – court hears

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Dissent

Declan Brennan reports on the prosecution for a breach I don’t remember seeing before: A man stole laptops with sensitive information from HSE offices in the middle of the night after walking in through an open door in the building, a court has heard. Stephen Ennis (22) was caught “red handed” with three mobile phones,…

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Update: Laptop holding PERA data stolen from auditor’s pickup at hotel lot

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Dissent

We should have known or at least guessed. Trip Jennings provides additional background on the Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico breach reported previously on this blog. Parked at a Clovis Comfort Inn & Suites, the 2008 white Ford F350 pickup must have seemed an inviting target. Inside the truck’s cab were two laptop…

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Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico alerts 100,000 members after computer with their financial info stolen from auditor

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Dissent

Uh oh. The Associated Press reports that the Public Employees Retirement Association of New Mexico is notifying about 100,000 active and retired members about a possible security breach after a computer was stolen from an employee of its third-party auditor. The computer may have contained PERA member information including names, addresses, financial institution routing numbers,…

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UK: Council says sorry after vulnerable residents’ details stolen

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Dissent

Max Salsbury reports: A laptop holding the bank details of people receiving winter fuel payments and people in receipt of care grants has been stolen from a council’s offices. Two laptops were stolen when Glasgow City Council’s offices were broken into sometime between 28 and 29 May. Now the Council is to write to the…

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City laptop with residents’ data stolen from library

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Dissent

The New Haven Register reports on a laptop theft that occurred on May 23: A laptop used by an Elderly Services Specialist to input data for the Rent Rebate program was stolen recently from the Mitchell Branch Library, but there is no reason to believe anyone has accessed the data stored on the laptop, city…

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Congress critical of TRICARE’s response; requests detailed answers while criticizing TRICARE and SAIC

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Dissent

Cross-posted from phiprivacy.net: At least some members of Congress are not happy with the response to a letter they sent TRICARE following the theft of backup tapes from the unattended vehicle of an employee of their contractor, SAIC.  The tapes contained information on approximately 5 million military beneficiaries and their dependents. Although TRICARE’s response was not disclosed publicly, Rep. Ed…

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