In the healthcare sector today, Harris County Hospital District reported a breach. In the financial sector, it’s BMO Harris Bank reporting a breach today. Any other Harris’s want to disclose a breach so we can have a Harris breach trifecta? Paul Gores reports: BMO Harris Bank said Thursday it has sent letters to an undisclosed number…
Category: Theft
Dakota County medical examiner investigator’s laptop stolen
Sarah Homer reports: A computer containing photographs of crime scenes and dead bodies was stolen earlier this month from a medical examiner investigator, according to Roseville police. The personal Toshiba laptop belongs to 25-year-old Navid Amini, a medical examiner investigator for Regina Medical Center, home to the Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner’s Office, which conducts medical…
CA: Burgled mail kiosk results in breach notification
From the California Correctional Health Care Services submission to California’s Office of the Attorney General, the text of the letter they are sending to affected individuals: Dear FirstName LastName, On June 11, 2012, a kiosk mail box located at the California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) Regional Administration building in Fresno, California was discovered to…
Winn-Dixie sued by former employee following third-party data breach
A potential class action lawsuit filed in federal court in Florida made me aware of a data breach that I don’t recall seeing in the media. Patrick A. Burrows has filed the lawsuit against Purchasing Power, LLC and Winn-Dixie. According to the complaint, Winn-Dixie shares employee data with Purchasing Power, LLC to administer an employee…
OHSU says data about some patients and employees stolen in a home burglary
Crossposted from PHIprivacy.net: Oregon Health & Science University Hospital officials have posted a notice on their web site. While most of the notice concerns patient information, it appears that almost 200 employees had their Social Security Numbers on the stolen USB drive. OHSU has set up a toll free number to respond to patient questions. Information stored…
Petco notifies employees of data theft from auditor’s office
The auditor is as yet unnamed, but Petco Animal Supplies notified over 500 employees that laptops stolen from their auditor’s office the weekend of May 18 -20 contained their SSN and some 401(k) information. The theft occurred in San Diego. It is not clear why it took the auditor over one month to notify them….