Fran Foo reports: The information of 66,000 Australian Institute of Company Directors members and clients has been stolen following the theft of a single computer. This includes the personal information of 28,000 members such as names, addresses, phone numbers, date of birth and member number. Members range from some of Australia’s largest public and private…
Category: Theft
HealthCare Partners Notifies Patients of Breach of Unsecured Personal Information
From their press release, dated June 3: HealthCare Partners notified 15,727 patients of a breach of unsecured personal patient protected health information after discovering, on Monday, April 18, 2011, the theft of nineteen new computers from the medical group’s offices at 675 Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena and at 2600 Redondo Avenue in Long Beach. HealthCare…
NC: Stolen court documents traded for drugs, sheriff says
Matthew Hensley reports: Investigators on Wednesday recovered a cache of illegally obtained court documents that they believe were traded for drugs. They charged three people after a nearly week-long investigation. According to Lt. Becky Weatherman of the Burke County Sheriff’s Office, Eric Lee Hubbard, a night custodian who cleaned in the district attorney’s office at…
CO: Prostitution-ring records stolen in reported break-in (update)
Another low-tech data theft could have embarrassing consequences. Chuck Plunkett of the Denver Post reports: Hundreds of documents kept by the former owner of a high-profile prostitution ring in Denver were reportedly stolen Monday in a home break-in. Scottie J. Ewing, who once owned Denver Players and Denver Sugar escort services — identified by federal…
NC: Granville Co. school administration laptops stolen (updated)
Associated Press reports: Granville County school officials say confidential employee information was taken when a thief broke into the finance department at the school administration building and stole three laptop computers. The Henderson Dispatch reported Tuesday that school system employees have been notified and asked to be on the lookout for any signs that their…
Global Financial Aid Services reports a completely avoidable security breach
For those who remember the Peter, Paul, and Mary song, feel free to sing along with me: “When will they ever learn? Oh when will they ever learn?” Global Financial Aid Services of Gulfport, Mississippi recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a laptop containing unencrypted student names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers…