Tricia Bishop reports: A Baltimore law firm lost a portable hard drive containing information about its cases, including medical records for 161 stent patients suing cardiologist Mark G. Midei for alleged malpractice at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson. The drive was lost Aug. 4 by an employee of the firm Baxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones who was traveling…
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Stolen TechCentral laptop contained Social Security numbers and credit card numbers
On August 27, Texas-based TechCentral, a division of Henry Schein Practice Solutions, learned that a laptop had been stolen from one of its employees. The laptop contained customer information including names, Social Security numbers, and credit card numbers. By letter dated September 28, affected customers were notified of the breach and offered free credit monitoring….
Another guilty plea in ID theft ring that used data stolen from Electronic Data Systems
More on a case mentioned previously: Melinda Clayton of Montgomery, Ala., pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to defraud the United States by filing false claims, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Clayton admitted that between January and April 2011, she conspired with others to…
Local bank cards affected by security breach
Shane Farley reports: Some Cowley County residents are amongst the scores of people who have had their debit, or credit-card information compromised after using the cards at Otoe-Missouria Tribe properties along U.S. 77 Highway in Oklahoma. Otoe-Missouria operates First Council Casino, Seven Clans Travel Plaza and Lil’ Bit of Paradise Casino. Tribal authorities are investigating…
Some days, I pull my hair out, Thursday edition
Everywhere I look, there are data breaches that I would want to include in DataLossDB.org’s database. But as I backfill the database to include incidents reported on my blogs that were never in the database, my research stumbles over tons of other breaches that should also be included. Rather than getting closer and closer to…
Betfair security chief departs after data breach exposed
Coincidence or not? The director of security at online betting exchange Betfair has left the company just days after an 18-month old data breach at the company was reported in the press. […] It emerged yesterday that Betfair’s security director Sean Catlett is leaving the company to work with start-up company in the US. Betfair…