Just what South Carolina needed – another agency breach. Chris Meller writes: … the South Carolina Health Insurance Pool has begun notifying current and previous subscribers that their information has been leaked again. According to a letter dated December 18th a laptop owned by DeLoach & Williamson, an independent auditor contracted by SCHIP, was stolen from an employee’s car on October 16, 2013….
Category: Theft
Update on the Clark & Anderson, P.A. breach
On September 23, I reported on an unencrypted backup drive stolen from an accounting firm employee’s vehicle: A Maryland accounting firm had to notify 2,906 Maryland residents after an unencrypted backup drive was stolen from an employee’s car at his home. The theft occurred on August 4, but Clark & Anderson, P.A. didn’t learn of it…
Washington University in St. Louis notifies business partners after laptop with unencrypted PII stolen
Through its lawyers, Washington University in St. Louis notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office of a breach that occurred on September 12: On September 13, 2013, our client, Washington University, learned that an unencrypted laptop computer issued to a Washington University employee had been stolen from the Washington, DC office of the Danforth Center for Religion and…
UK: Men who obtained personal data from West Ham officials during Olympic Stadium bid fined thousands of pounds
CBallinger reports: A Crawley man who illegally obtained personal information from West Ham officials during the bidding process for the Olympic Stadium has been fined thousands of pounds. Richard Forrest, from Furzefield, in West Green, was fined £10,000 at Southwark Crown Court today (December 20). Forrest, a 31-year-old who is unemployed, pleaded guilty to obtaining…
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services warns of possible information leak after computer stolen
WCPO reports: Ohioans who’ve recently applied for or received unemployment benefits are advised to pay close attention to their bank accounts and other personal information after a computer was stolen from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. The department announced on its website that the stolen hard drive possibly contains names, addresses and Social Security…
UK: PSNI to pay £20k in damages to Special Branch officer whose details were stolen in Castlereagh police station raid
It was a worrying breach, and a good reminder that some breaches can literally put people’s lives at risk: A retired Special Branch officer whose details were stolen in the break-in at a top security base in Belfast is to receive just over £20,000 in damages, a High Court judge ruled today. Mr Justice Horner…