On March 17, 2002, there was a break-in and burglary at Castlereagh police station. The records that were stolen put lives at risk, as the stolen data included a list of officers in the Special Branch intelligence unit with contact details, and the code names of paramilitary agents and their handlers. Dozens of officers subsequently had to move…
Category: Theft
UK: Crown Prosecution Service fined £200,000 for breach involving contractor
Back in September, I prefaced a breach post involving the U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service with the comment, “This is one of those really terrible breaches that are the stuff of nightmares.” It appears the Information Commissioner’s Office concurred, as CPS has been fined £200,000 after laptops containing videos of police interviews were stolen from a private…
NY: Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center Data Breach Announced
HIPAA Journal reports: The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) has sent breach notification letters to 1,581 patients of its Brooklyn Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, after a laptop computer was discovered to have been stolen. The laptop computer was password protected, but data stored on its hard drive had not been encrypted. As…
Theft At U. Washington Leaves Human Rights Workers On Edge
Jennifer Wing reports: The theft of a computer and hard-drive containing the names and stories of people who survived the war in El Salvador has human rights workers on edge. The break-in happened in Smith Hall, in the offices of the University of Washington’s Center for Human Rights, or CHR. UW’s Campus Police Department says…
1,182 clients of Community Catalysts of California notified of theft of their personal information
From their counsel’s notification to the California Attorney General’s Office: Community Catalysts of California works with developmentally disabled clients and veterans to attain their employment, daily living, and social goals. On or about August 31, 2015, the residence of an employee of Community Catalysts of California was burglarized and items were stolen including a flash…
Veterans Administration September report includes four breaches, each affecting multiple veterans
Okay, so maybe I jinxed things when I reported how well the Veterans Administration had done in August in reducing the number of breaches involving personal information. By September, it was back to same old, same old. Here’s a brief rundown on the breaches involving personal information of multiple individuals reported by the VA to Congress for the month of…