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FL: Laptop theft results in data breach for P.K. Yonge employees, students

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Dissent

From the University of Florida: The personal information of more than 8,300 current and former students and employees of P.K. Yonge Development Research School was on a laptop computer stolen last month. P.K. Yonge is a kindergarten-through-grade-12 laboratory school affiliated with University of Florida’s College of Education. The computer files contained employee payroll, employee parking…

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Scottish ministers told to “get a grip” on data security

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Dissent

Ben Borland of the Express reports on previously undisclosed breaches involving PII and/or PHI, but I note that BBC provides slightly different coverage.  I’ve indicated the BBC’s statements in italics, below. More than 200 electronic items were stolen or lost in the first six months of the year, including PCs, laptops, phones and Blackberries. The…

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NYC D.A. announces 147-count indictment in case involving 800 stolen credit reports

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Dissent

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.  announced the indictment of Iguosade Osahon, 28, for stealing more than $500,000 by exploiting stolen identity information over a three-year period. Osahon stole the names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of more than 750 individuals to obtain at least 800 credit reports, which in turn he…

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OR: Eastmoreland Surgical Clinic Burglarized

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Dissent

Excerpted from a press release from ID Experts: The Eastmoreland Surgical Clinic, Dr. William Graham’s office was burglarized on or about July 5, 2010. Three password-protected desktop computers, one password-protect laptop computer and a backup drive were stolen. The police were immediately notified and a police report was filed with the Portland Police Bureau. Notification…

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Details of 7,000 Cook County patients may be on stolen hospital laptop

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Dissent

It is troubling that within the span of a few hours, I am having to cover two stolen laptops containing unencrypted patient information as well as Social Security numbers. In this case, Carlos Sadovi reports: A laptop computer containing sensitive information about 7,000 patients of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System was reported stolen…

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Laptop stolen from U Kentucky had info on newborns and mothers

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Dissent

From the University of Kentucky: The University of Kentucky is notifying 2,027 people of a breach of protected health information. Between June 18 and June 21, 2010, a laptop computer containing information from the Newborn Screening Program was stolen from the Department of Pediatrics Newborn Screening Program. The theft was reported to the UK Police…

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