Dan Scanlan reports: At least 33 laptop computers and iPads were stolen in late July from the Wounded Warrior Project’s third-floor office at 4899 Belfort Road in Jacksonville. They may contain personal information on “some, but not all of our former employees,” according to a letter sent out Sept. 7 by Wounded Warrior Executive Director…
Category: Theft
Emobile, Meteor plead guilty to data legislation breaches
RTÉ reports: Two telecoms companies have pleaded guilty to multiple breaches of data protection legislation at the Dublin District Court and have been ordered to pay a total of €30,000 to two charities. The charges follow the theft of two unencrypted laptops, containing personal and financial information of customers, from the office of Eircom Ltd…
Follow-up: Still no word on New Haven city laptop stolen in May
Jordan Fenster reports that a computer stolen in May has not been recovered: Three months after a computer containing the personal information of thousands of city residents was stolen from a public library, the information has not been recovered and no arrests have been made. On May 18, a laptop used by an employee for…
BMO Harris Bank notifies customers after laptop stolen from vendor
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…
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…