A stolen laptop in Hardin County is causing some concern. Lumberton Independent School District spokesperson Kathryne Colligan tells 12 News HD an employee’s laptop was taken from a car last week prompting the district to send out a notice to employees and students. Colligan says although the district does not believe sensitive information was on…
Category: Theft
Cancer Center Blamed for Stolen Laptop; Delayed Notice Blamed for ID Theft
Okay, here’s a breach I never saw reported anywhere in my usual sources, until I read about it in a lawsuit. Via Courthouse News’ Joe Harris: A hospital and cancer center allowed a laptop computer stuffed with unencrypted, confidential information on its patients to be stolen, and did not notify patients of the data theft…
Stolen Pfizer laptop contained personal information on employees and others
A laptop stolen from a Pfizer employee’s car in April contained personal information on employees, health care professionals, service providers, and customers. In some cases, employees’ Social Security Numbers were included as well as names, addresses, and telephone numbers. It is not clear what types of data were involved for health care professionals or customers….
TN: Laptop with more than 1,500 patients’ data stolen
Chris Echegaray reports: A laptop containing more than 1,500 patient names and their personal information was stolen from a medical billing company employee’s car last month. PhyData LLC, a medical billing and management company in Goodlettsville, reported the laptop stolen from the trunk of the worker’s vehicle at RiverGate Mall on May 7, said Joy…
(update) Laptops stolen from a contractor’s van had a slew of sensitive student data
Remember the Illinois State Board of Education laptops stolen from a Harrisburg Project van recently? I was reading more about the incident and noticed that there was even more sensitive data on the laptops than originally indicated in media coverage: The staff data stored on the computers included name, demographics, Social Security number, teacher certification…
Laptops containing personal information stolen from council building in Kirkby
John Siddle reports: Laptops believed to contain taxi drivers’ personal details were stolen from a Merseyside council building. Twenty-one computers, together worth thousands of pounds, are believed to have also contained the names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of cab drivers. Details of environmental health inspections were also stored on the Knowsley…