The University of Alberta Hospital is reporting that a burglary occurred earlier this month resulting in two laptops containing patient information being stolen. Alberta Health Services said the theft happened on June 4th, in the hospital’s Provincial Lab Information Technology room. Two laptops with health information of more than 300,000 people were stolen. Information on…
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Manchester City Council breaches the Data Protection Act
From the press release (pdf) from the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Manchester City Council in breach of the Data Protection Act after the theft of two laptop computers from the Town Hall, one of which contained personal details relating to 1,754 employees at local schools. Neither of the laptops…
UK: Personal data exposed on website
From Kevin Peachey and Bill Wilson of the BBC News: Personal data including the signatures of recipients has been exposed to those tracking deliveries on the Parcelforce website, the BBC has discovered. A failure in the system allowed people using the mail tracing service access to the name, postcode and signature of various addressees. The…
Ca: Credit card fraud draws two-year sentence
Betty Ann Adams of TheStarPhoenix.com reports that Brandon Brian Therens, a newly graduated University of Saskatchewan student, pleaded guilty to hacking into the university’s computer in 2007 and downloading the credit card information of about 3,600 students. Therens also admitted to other frauds and thefts between May and October 2007: He stole hand-held wireless debit…
IE: Bord Gáis customer details on stolen laptops
A laptop computer containing bank account details of 75,000 Bord Gáis customers has been stolen in Dublin. It is understood the confidential information was held on one of four laptops stolen from the offices of Bord Gáis nearly two weeks ago. […] The computer was not encrypted. The incident occurred early on Friday 5 June…
Ca: Three charged with credit card fraud
Dan Ferguson of the Surrey North Delta Leader reports: There were forged credit cards, stolen passports, driver’s licenses, social insurance numbers and computer gear. Surrey RCMP seized hundreds of such items along with two vehicles when they raided a residence in the 8600 block of 154A Street last week (June 11). Nine people were arrested….