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Category: Lost or Missing

GAO: DoD loses track of 72,000 combat records

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Dissent

Judi Hasson reports: There are so many data breaches throughout government these days that it’s getting tiresome. The question is why do they keep happening? Last week, the Government Accountability Office disclosed another one–this time from the Defense Department. The GAO revealed that DoD could not account for more than 72,000 health questionnaires that were…

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UPDATE: 1.5 Million Medical Files At Risk In Health Net Data Breach

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Dissent

Matthew Sturvedant reports: A hard drive with seven years of personal and medical information on about 1.5 million Health Net customers, including 446,000 in Connecticut, was lost six months ago and was first reported Wednesday, state and company officials said. The insurance company informed the state attorney general’s office and the Department of Insurance Wednesday…

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Health Net Loses Information for 450,000 Clients: AG

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Dissent

Health Net, whose motto is “A Better Decision,” may have made a very very bad decision in not informing consumers of a breach involving their protected health information and sensitive personal information. Leanne Gendreau reports: The personal information for almost half a million Connecticut residents could be at risk after a hard drive disappeared from…

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Data breach could affect 60,000 GIs, civilians

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Dissent

Jim Tice reports: The Corps of Engineers is investigating the recent loss of an external hard drive that could pose identify theft problems for as many as 60,000 soldiers and Army civilians. Maj. Mark Young, a Corps of Engineers spokesman in Washington, said the security breach occurred in the command’s Southwestern Division, which is headquartered…

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Government accused of ‘cover up’ over lost farmer tapes

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Dissent

The Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been accused of a “cover up” after two back-up tapes went missing containing the banking details of around 100,000 farmers. The tapes are said to have gone missing this spring, with Defra officials having been informed in July. The tapes were lost by contractor IBM,…

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UK: Home Office – sensitive document blunders

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Dissent

5.4m of us apply for a passport every year and we relay on the Passport Office Service, a part of the Home Office to issue them. They say their mission is safeguarding your identity but Watchdog has received complaints from viewers who say that the Passport Office Service have made basic errors meaning that their…

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