George Warren reports: A data breach involving 29,500 Northern California Kaiser Permanente employees discovered a year ago has led to at least 400 Kaiser employees becoming victims of identity theft, according to criminal investigators. Detectives said the woman accused of stealing the personnel files continued to victimize employees even while she awaited trial. Mia Garza,…
Category: Theft
Ie: Budget Travel customer data stolen
Elaine Edwards reports: Gardaí are investigating the theft of a memory stick containing personal details of tens of thousands of customers of Budget Travel, which went into liquidation last November. The liquidator, Simon Coyle, contacted affected customers yesterday to inform them their details were on a USB stick taken as part of a theft from…
CO: Woman Accused Of Bilking 28 Victims
A grand jury has indicted a woman for identity theft, accusing her of stealing from 28 victims in the Denver metro area. Andrea Harris-Frazier, 54, was indicted Tuesday on 43 counts of theft over $15,000, forgery and attempted theft, according to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office. A warrant has been issued for her arrest….
CO: Leader of ID theft ring sentenced
The leader of a mail- and identity-theft ring has been sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver said today. Prosecutors said Ronald Richard Creighton, 37, of Colorado Springs, and his accomplices stole mail after breaking into mailboxes in large apartment complexes in Denver and Colorado Springs. They…
UK: Alzheimer’s Society improves data security after staff details are stolen
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is reminding charities that personal information must be handled securely after finding the Alzheimer’s Society in breach of the Data Protection Act. The Alzheimer’s Society reported three separate breaches involving personal information to the ICO during 2009. Several unencrypted laptops were stolen during a burglary at their office in Cardiff…
Update: BlueCross ID theft warnings top 500,000 and growing
Dave Flessner reports: Another 301,628 current and former members of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee soon will be getting letters alerting them that their personal information was included on computer hard drives stolen from the insurance company last year. The Chattanooga-based health insurer announced today that the number of affected customers with potentially compromised identification and…