The University of Alberta Hospital is reporting that a burglary occurred earlier this month resulting in two laptops containing patient information being stolen. Alberta Health Services said the theft happened on June 4th, in the hospital’s Provincial Lab Information Technology room. Two laptops with health information of more than 300,000 people were stolen. Information on…
Category: Theft
Security Breach Announced at Cornell
A stolen Cornell University computer has compromised the personal information of thousands of members of the University community. The computer contained the names and social security number of current and former students as well as current and former faculty and staff members. An e-mail obtained by WVBR said that currently, no misuse of this sensitive…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: Desire Gordon was indicted on 67 counts of suspicion of stealing at least 34 identities that she allegedly accessed at her job at an unnamed Waltham-based company. Many of the ID theft victims are doctors. Gordon had access to a large database of health care professionals that contained their personal information….
Manchester City Council breaches the Data Protection Act
From the press release (pdf) from the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Manchester City Council in breach of the Data Protection Act after the theft of two laptop computers from the Town Hall, one of which contained personal details relating to 1,754 employees at local schools. Neither of the laptops…
Charles Schwab notified clients of hard drive theft
Investment firm Charles Schwab has notified (pdf) the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that in early May, “a computer hard drive containing client personal information, including Social Security number, name or account number was stolen. The computer hard drive had been taken off of Company premises, in violation of company policy, and was subsequently stolen….
IE: Bord Gáis customer details on stolen laptops
A laptop computer containing bank account details of 75,000 Bord Gáis customers has been stolen in Dublin. It is understood the confidential information was held on one of four laptops stolen from the offices of Bord Gáis nearly two weeks ago. […] The computer was not encrypted. The incident occurred early on Friday 5 June…