There was no press release on this, but Surbiton Children’s Centre Nursery in Surrey, England recently signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a result of a breach. According to the undertaking that was posted to the ICO’s web site on June 14, a teacher’s bag containing a flash drive and papers was…
Category: Paper
St. Louis University student information containing Social Security numbers found discarded in alley
Ann Rubin reports: Documents with the personal information of dozens of former St. Louis University students were littered near a dumpster in a back alley. How did they get there and why weren’t they shredded? The university is searching for answers. NewsChannel 5 received a tip Monday from someone who saw the paperwork discarded late…
NC: Stolen court documents traded for drugs, sheriff says
Matthew Hensley reports: Investigators on Wednesday recovered a cache of illegally obtained court documents that they believe were traded for drugs. They charged three people after a nearly week-long investigation. According to Lt. Becky Weatherman of the Burke County Sheriff’s Office, Eric Lee Hubbard, a night custodian who cleaned in the district attorney’s office at…
CO: Prostitution-ring records stolen in reported break-in (update)
Another low-tech data theft could have embarrassing consequences. Chuck Plunkett of the Denver Post reports: Hundreds of documents kept by the former owner of a high-profile prostitution ring in Denver were reportedly stolen Monday in a home break-in. Scottie J. Ewing, who once owned Denver Players and Denver Sugar escort services — identified by federal…
AZ: Casa Grande court clerk hid, took home records
Yesterday I updated a breach report on phiprivacy.net where a hospital employee had taken records home… and taken records home… and taken records home. According to hospital investigators, there was no indication that she used them criminally or intended to use them criminally, but the incident points out how many paper records may just “wander”…
WA: Man gets 15 years in county’s largest ID-theft case
Jeremy Pawloski reports on a case that reminds us that low-tech crimes still exist and can affect numerous people A judge sentenced an Olympia-area man to 15 years in prison Thursday in connection with what law enforcement has called Thurston County’s largest identity-theft case. Anthony Vaughn, 31, earlier had pleaded guilty to three counts of…