Northwest Georgia News has an update on a lawsuit that was filed in the wake of the theft of student records at Shorter University. The breach, disclosed in November 2014, allegedly resulted in ID theft and tax refund fraud, according to a lawsuit filed in February: The federal judge presiding over a civil lawsuit against Shorter…
Category: Theft
MN: Associated Dentists notifying patients after office burglary
Associated Dentists is notifying affected patients of a data security incident that may affect the security of their protected health information. Associated Dentists and investigating authorities are unaware of any attempted or actual misuse of patients’ protected health information. Associated Dentists is providing notification to ensure that patients are aware of the incident so that…
Longwood Management notifies employees of stolen laptop
Now this is refreshingly transparent: A password-protected laptop was stolen from a Longwood Management employee’s vehicle on February 11, 2015 (no, that’s not the refreshing part, obviously). Investigation revealed that encryption was deployed on the laptop, but “the encryption may not have been sufficient to prevent access by someone with the knowledge or skills to…
Ca: Kiewit laptop theft puts Bull Arm workers’ personal information at risk
CBC News reports: Construction company Kiewit is warning some employees at the Bull Arm work site to keep an eye on their credit after sensitive information was recently stolen from an employee. According to the company, personal information was on a laptop computer that was stolen from someone working in Kiewit’s payroll department on April 15. […] According…
Ca: Police notifying hundreds of people about potential privacy breach
Reid Southwick reports: Calgary police are attempting to notify up to 400 people that their privacy may have been breached after five service-issued notepads were stolen from an off-duty officer’s vehicle. […] Police made no mention of the stolen notebooks until Monday, more than five weeks after the initial theft. […] The stolen notebooks could contain…
We have met the enemy, and he is us, Monday edition…
Prepare to groan. The employee who left backup drives with databases on over 39,000 insured by the Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) in a vehicle was… ISMA’s Information Technology administrator. And then, adding to this outrage, the aministrator reportedly filed a delayed police report over 24 hours later. Keep in mind that the drives were…