Piles of people’s personal information from a local accounting firm has been tossed into a garbage can for anyone to find. The documents were discovered in the trash outside the Comprehensive Accounting firm on 8 Mile and Farmington roads in Farmington Hills. [….] Local 4 found thousands of client files in the trash that included…
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Nl: Confidential criminal case files stolen from judge on train
A judge of the Dutch Supreme Court reported that confidential records on two criminal cases were stolen while he was on a train earlier this week. If I understand the translation correctly, he had placed the files in the luggage rack. Here’s a link to the story in Dutch: http://www.elsevier.mobi/pl/svt/si/elsevier/po/opnl/dk/elsevier.09-23-2010.0472p0000/sc/els_nieuws/ms/8vfRNArLu4/r/1285267694/pa/159497/uid/
MO: Thousands Of Mortgage and Personal Documents Strewn Over Lawn
Andy Banker reports: Thousands of abandoned documents, full of people’s personal information, were in an O’Fallon, Missouri, driveway Tuesday, along with a mess that included a recliner, an old bedroom set, TV, and dinner table. There were stacks of mortgage documents with people’s social security numbers, bank accounts, addresses, and phone numbers, sitting right out…
Pointer: Over 23,000 patients notified in three breaches reported to HHS
In addition to a LabCorp breach where we do not have a lot of information other than 507 patients were notified of theft of paper records with their PHI, I also just posted three other newly revealed breaches over on PHIprivacy.net that resulted in over 23,000 patients being notified. You can read about those…
CA: Authorities investigate elaborate counterfeit, ID theft ring
Richard Halstead reports: Authorities are investigating an elaborate counterfeiting operation involving stolen mail from throughout Marin County, credit card numbers of more than 200 people, counterfeit cash, fake checks, printers and laptop computers. The operation came to light Aug. 27, when Novato police Officer Blake Dunbar checked up on a parolee whose name he recognized…
CA: 33,000 patient records sold for the value of the paper
I saw this press release on the breach I mentioned yesterday on PHIprivacy.net where a janitor allegedly sold 14 boxes of patient records to a recycler for the value of the paper although I cannot find a copy of this press release on either the DHS web site or the LASD web site: The Los…