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Client data stolen from home of deceased employee?

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Dissent

At the time Chester Ju, an investment representative of McDermott Investment Services, passed away,  he had certain client information records at home for his work.  What happened to those records became the basis for a breach notification to New Hampshire and some of his clients. Although the personal representative for the deceased investment representative says he…

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Criminal steals treasure trove of info on applicants to Nevada State Bar

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Dissent

Criminals who broke into a State Bar of Nevada storage facility stole confidential information on an undisclosed number of applicants for the state bar examination, putting an untold number at risk of identity theft. Those affected were notified by letter dated March 17 and offered free credit monitoring for a year:The notification was submitted to…

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Computer theft at Greenleaf Book Group

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Dissent

A janitor is suspected of being responsible for the theft of five desktop computers and laptops from the Austin, Texas office of Greenleaf Book Group (GBG). The theft was discovered on January 18. At least one of the computers held current and past customer and vendor information including names, email addresses, credit card information, and in…

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PNC claims former employee, Morgan Stanley stole information

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Dissent

From the bring-your-own-device-to-work dept.: Brian Bowling reports: A former senior vice president of PNC Bank‘s Palm Beach Office used her cell phone to snap pictures of her computer screen just hours before she resigned to take a job with a competitor, the Pittsburgh-based bank claims in a federal lawsuit filed Friday. PNC Bank and PNC…

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AvMed Data Breach Class Action Settlement Gets Final Approval – Payment To Be Made To Class Members Who Did Not Experience ID Theft

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Dissent

Mark S. Melodia, Steven Boranian, Frederick Lah and Melissa A. Geist comment on the AvMed breach lawsuit settlement. The AvMed breach involving a stolen laptop with unencrypted information on 1.2 million people and lawsuit have been mentioned numerous times on the companion PHIprivacy.net blog (coverage linked from here). Last week, a judge for the Southern District…

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Thermo Fisher Scientific notifies employees after laptop with their SSN is stolen

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Dissent

Thermo Fisher Scientific is notifying 93 employees that their unencrypted names and Social Security numbers were on a laptop stolen from an employee in Boston on December 23. The firm learned of the breach on January 4. Those affected are being offered a year of free credit monitoring with EquiFax’s Credit Watch Gold service. You…

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