Rosemarie Alexander reports: A laptop computer with donors’ financial information has been stolen from the Anchorage office of the Byron Mallott gubernatorial campaign. […] PDF copies of checks and credit cards were on the computer, including each contributor’s name, mailing address, phone number, bank account, or credit card and security code numbers, as well as…
Category: Theft
Los Angeles County moves to require computer encryption after medical data breach
Abby Sewell reports: Following a break-in at a county health contractor’s office that led to the theft of computers containing personal information about more than 342,000 patients, Los Angeles County supervisors moved to tighten protocols for protecting data. The county already requires that workers’ laptops be encrypted. The supervisors voted Tuesday to extend that policy…
Maschino, Hudelson & Associates notifies 5,500 after laptop stolen from employee’s car
From their website today: Maschino Hudelson & Associates (MHA or the Firm), an employee benefits broker, announced today that it is notifying approximately 5,500 people that a laptop containing some personal information was stolen from the trunk of one of their employee’s cars on or about April 2, 2014. The Firm immediately notified the police…
OR: Portland radio contestants data breached
Amy Frazier reports: Entercom, the owner of eight radio stations in the Portland area, had data containing personal information from listeners and staff stolen from a car in late February. As many as 13,000 people are affected. Officials with Entercom alerted Portland police after the theft happened on February 28 on SE 17th between Burnside…
OH: H&R Block Customer Records Stolen, Used By Fraudsters
ABC22 reports: Police are investigating several reports of identity theft stemming from information stolen from H&R Block records. The information has been used, Huber Heights police say, to open credit card accounts and make Internet purchases. Police and H&R Block say they have sent out hundreds of letters to people potentially affected. Read more on…
2005 called and they want their reassurances back
Am I the only one who actually feels embarrassed these days to read a breach notification that tries to reassure those notified by emphasizing that the data were password protected? Consider this excerpt from a breach notification written last month: However, the information on the server is password protected. Accordingly, for any unauthorized person to gain…