Oscar Schneider reports: An Allianz Partners strongbox containing back-up copies of data related to disaster claims was stolen in the Netherlands in August, the insurance and assistance company disclosed on Friday. According to an audit and analysis of the documents concerned, the strongbox contained data on 160,000 Belgian customers who had filed claims for disasters…
Category: Theft
Ca: Shaw customers notified of data breach that happened back in June
Alanna Kelly reports: Shaw customers have been notified by mail about a security risk after a company laptop containing some people’s personal information was stolen months ago. In a letter to customers, Shaw Communications Inc. said the computer belonging to a Shaw employee was stolen on June 22. Read more on CTV. CBC News reported…
Thief Stole Payroll Data for Thousands of Facebook Employees
Kurt Wagner reports: Personal banking information for tens of thousands of Facebook Inc. workers in the U.S. was compromised last month when a thief stole several corporate hard drives from an employee’s car. The hard drives, which were unencrypted, included payroll data like employee names, bank account numbers and the last four digits of employees’ social security…
Physical and cyber threats collide in data theft incidents at N.J. businesses
Joel Griffin reports: For years, cybersecurity experts have warned about the lengths that criminals will go to in gaining access to the network of their intended victim, including exploiting flaws in an organization’s physical security program to achieve their goals. Some security practitioners brushed aside these concerns convinced that these so-called “hackers,” often portrayed as…
Main Street Clinical Associates, PA Notifies Patients After Looters Steal PHI
The press release below the separator on this page describes a statistically unusual incident; an explosion at a building adjacent to a covered entity caused an emergency evacuation in which files and file rooms were left open and unsecured. But then the entity and its employees were not allowed to re-enter the building for months….
SC: Prisma Health discloses third patient data breach in two months
Noah Feit reports: Patients and volunteers at several Midlands hospitals might have had their personal information exposed online, according to Prisma Health. The problem was discovered after a Prisma Health employee’s login credentials were compromised, said Tammie Epps, a spokeswoman for the largest hospital system in South Carolina. Read more on The State. I had…