Steve Marroni reports: The personal information of more than 24,000 clients of the Cremation Society of Pennsylvania may have been compromised. While officials do not believe any identities have actually been stolen, the organization’s corporate headquarters notified 24,168 people about the possible breach and is offering them free identity protection and credit monitoring services, officials…
Category: Lost or Missing
NZ: Patient documents missing, reportedly lost in ‘a gust of wind’
Joanne Carroll reports: A health board employee is under investigation after “misplacing” hundreds of patients’ medical information – some of which are still missing. The Canterbury and West Coast District Health Board only became aware of what it calls a “potential privacy breach” when a member of the public found some of the documents in…
42,000 SLCC students’ tax documents were lost when unencrypted drive fell out of mailed envelope
Someone asked me today about the lack of W-2 phishing reports or W-2 incidents that we’ve seen so far this year. I responded that I hadn’t really had time to research W-2 attacks yet, but a reader, “DLOW,” has now kindly submitted a news story by Mary Richards of KSL in Utah. The kinds of…
FL: Trash scattered all over road contained SSN and medical records
Rachel Polansky reports: Trash scattered on the side of a major road in Lehigh Acres turns out to be information that could have ruined a woman’s life. The NBC2 Investigators went to check out the situation after your tips came into the newsroom. The tip came in as trash scattered on the side of the…
UK: Man finds confidential police reports in the road
Robert Sutcliffe reports: The Information Commissioner is investigating after a cache of confidential police information was discovered by a member of the public in Holmfirth. West Yorkshire Police say they are also looking into the circumstances of how around 50 items were found flapping around on the morning of Saturday, December 22. […] “I began…
MA: McLean Hospital to Implement New Security and Training Programs After Data Breach Exposed Sensitive Health Information
There’s a follow-up to a 2015 breach that was previously reported on this blog. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey made the announcement yesterday: BOSTON — McLean Hospital Corporation will implement new security and training programs and pay a total of $75,000 to resolve claims that it exposed the personal and health information of more than 1,500 people, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today. According…