WOOD-TV reports: There is the possibility of a security breach at Flagstar Bank, according to a letter it sent out to some customers Nov. 25. A laptop owned by a bank vendor was stolen, and inside the computer were some customers’ social security numbers. “We have no reason to believe that the files with this…
Category: Theft
BCBS of TN issues breach notification for stolen hard drive
Remember the BlueCross breach in Chattanooga from October. First it was 57 hard drives, then 68, then 3, then 1, depending on which report you read. Now it’s 57 again, it seems. Today, Blue Cross issued a breach notification on its web site, as required by the new HITECH Act: Required Substitute HITECH Act Notice…
Ca: Postal worker arrested after passport applications stolen
From the Canadian Press: Authorities say a Canada Post employee was arrested after 75 filled-out passport applications collected by Human Resources Minister Diane Finley’s office were allegedly stolen. A 28-year-old man from the Gatineau, Que., area was arrested Nov. 6 and released, Const. Isabelle Poirier said Thursday. Police recovered passport applications from Ontario and some…
UK: Laptop Theft Debated by Councillors
A four-day lapse between council staff realising a laptop containing nearly 15,000 postal voter details was missing and reporting it to police was called into question last week. A preliminary report containing the chronology of events surrounding the theft of the laptop – which contained names, addresses, dates of birth and signatures – was put…
PA: Hospital laptop stolen, data may be breached
Josh Goldstein reports: A Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia laptop computer containing Social Security numbers and other personal information for 943 people was stolen from a car outside an employee’s home on Oct. 20. The billing information on the computer was password-protected, but an analysis found it was “possible to decode the security controls on the…
CA: Breach Of Privacy Information At Kern Medical Center
On Oct. 31, a theft occurred at Kern Medical Center outside the Information Services Department located at 1700 Mount Vernon Ave. Documents that were intended for the KMC Laboratory Department were stolen from a set of external lockers outside the KMC Information Systems building, according to Paul Hensler, Chief Executive Officer for Kern Medical Center….