Henry McDonald reports: Royal Navy investigators flew to Belfast last week after a memory stick containing “restricted” information on naval manoeuvres and personnel around the UK was reported missing. The Observer has learnt that two senior detectives from the Royal Navy Police’s Special Investigation Branch met members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to…
Category: Lost or Missing
GAO: DoD loses track of 72,000 combat records
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…
UPDATE: 1.5 Million Medical Files At Risk In Health Net Data Breach
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…
Health Net Loses Information for 450,000 Clients: AG
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…
Data breach could affect 60,000 GIs, civilians
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…
Government accused of ‘cover up’ over lost farmer tapes
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,…