On the evening of July 11th, 69,246 patients of North East Medical Services (NEMS) in San Francisco had their protected health information stolen because an employee left their work laptop with unencrypted PHI in the trunk of their car. The theft was reported to the police and the employee reset the login and password remotely, but the theft…
Category: Theft
I was offered $2.7m for stolen data: Ex-PetroSaudi employee Xavier Andre Justo on the 1MDB saga
Nirmal Ghosh reports: Swiss national Xavier Andre Justo – who is now in jail in Thailand in connection with trying to blackmail his former employer, PetroSaudi, which is entangled in a huge scandal involving the Malaysian government – has claimed that he was promised US$2 million (S$2.7 million) in exchange for data he stole from…
IN: Two former employees of Essar Refinery accused of data theft
The Business Standard reports: Police have registered cases against two former employees of the oil refinery project of Essar Group in Gujarat for hacking the company’s computer system and sending sensitive data outside during the ‘notice-period’ after resigning. […] As per the complaints filed by Chetan Mavadiya, an Essar officer, the accused hacked the company’s computer system…
Oakland accountant notifies clients after hard drives stolen
Richard Berger, a CPA in Oakland, California, has been notifying clients after a burglar snatched three external hard drives with client data from his home: His notification letter, which I’ve seen on both the California and Vermont Attorney General’s web sites, begins: I am very sorry to inform you that three external hard drives were…
Law firm notifies clients after laptop stolen on trolley
The California law firm of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo is notifying clients after a personal laptop belonging to a member of the firm was stolen while the attorney was on the MTS Trolley in downtown San Diego on April 23. Since that time, the firm has been working with law enforcement but, to date, they…
WA: Prosecutors: ‘Methodical’ id thieves hit Seattle clinics, law office
Levi Pulkkinen reports: Two Seattle men described by prosecutors as “methodical criminals” are now accused of breaking into clinics, a law office and mailboxes during an identity theft spree. King County prosecutors claim Duane Nelson, 42, and Randolph Chechak, 47, attacked the credit of more than a dozen people while stealing more than $100,000 during…