Christopher Seward reports: The Georgia Obstetrical and Gynecological Society said Saturday its offices in Suwanee were burglarized and computers with information on its membership were stolen. It’s not clear to me from the spokesperson’s statement, however, whether they believe that this was a targeted theft related to their lobbying against anti-abortion or bills or for…
Category: Theft
TRICARE Financial Fraud Claims Don’t Make Sense
Sang of AlertBoot provides some sharp – and skeptical – commentary on the amended complaint alleging fraudulent charges in a lawsuit against the Department of Defense over the TRICARE breach involving SAIC: Many news feeds are covering nextgov.com‘s story that victims of last year’s TRICARE data breach are reporting fraudulent credit card charges and bank transactions. …
Laptop stolen from Kennedy Space Center worker’s car contained personal info on 2,300 (updated)
13News reports that laptop stolen from a Kennedy Space Center employee’s car contained personal information, including Social Security numbers, on 2,300 employees and student co-ops. The laptop theft, which occurred outside the employee’s home, was reported to them on March 5. And no, the laptop was not encrypted. And why, oh why, are laptops with…
HHS settles HIPAA case with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee for $1.5 million following theft of 57 computer drives
From HHS: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $1,500,000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules, Leon Rodriguez, Director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced today. BCBST…
Impairment Resources files for bankruptcy after data breach
It seems like a breach that I never mentioned on this blog was the downfall of a firm. In December, 2011, Impairment Resources, LLC was the victim of a burglary. They reported the incident and I had included it on DataLossDB.org, but didn’t think much of it as there was nothing wildly unusual in their reports to suggest…
Scottish charity signs ICO undertaking following personal data theft
A Scottish charity – based in Glasgow – breached the Data Protection Act after two unencrypted memory sticks and papers containing the personal details of up to 101 individuals were stolen from an employee’s home. The information included peoples’ names, addresses and dates of birth, as well as a limited amount of data relating to…