Dave Aeikens reports: Two laptop computers stolen from Roosevelt Early Childhood Center contained private student information, St. Cloud school officials said Thursday. The laptops contain information about student behavioral issues and include names, internal identification numbers and the number of discipline referrals. Addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers are not listed on the computers….
Category: Theft
Stolen KSM laptop contained clients’ SSN
Fortune Industries has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a laptop stolen from a service provider contained employee data from some of their affiliates, including Century II Staffing, USA. The laptop, stolen from a KSM Business Services, Inc. employee in July contained names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of residents of Indiana and…
Postal inspectors uncover MassMutual customer data during ID theft investigation
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“MassMutual”) recently discovered that an insider had printouts of customer data that might have been used for fraudulent purposes. In a notification letter [pdf] to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office dated September 8, MassMutual Financial Group reported that they had been advised on August 3 by the U.S. Postal…
Man gets 15 years for leading ID-theft ring
Adam Lynn reports: Convicted identity thief Larry Alan Hayes asked a judge for a second chance. What Hayes really wanted was an eighth one, and Pierce County Superior Court pro-tem Judge Eric Schmidt wasn’t inclined to give it to him. […] A jury in June convicted the 41-year-old man of leading organized crime, six counts…
Grampian NHS to improve security after breaching the Data Protection Act
Richard Carey, Chief Executive of Grampian NHS, has agreed to take action to comply with data security requirements by signing an Undertaking to assure the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that personal data will be kept securely in future. The ICO has found Grampian NHS in breach of the Data Protection Act after receiving reports of…
Bristol pharmacy pledges to improve security after breaching the Data Protection Act
Bristol based Billing Pharmacy Limited has agreed to take action to comply with data security requirements and has signed an Undertaking to assure the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that personal data will be kept securely in future. The ICO has found Billing Pharmacy Limited in breach of the Data Protection Act after the theft of…