TNN reports that 72 sacks full of vital documents of citizens have gone missing from AMC’s urban health centre in Vejalpur. This is one of those data breaches that make you just … groan. The documents had gotten wet in June due to a leak in the roof of the storeroom where they had been…
Category: Theft
Who stole data from Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant? Espionage angle in Cochin Shipyard probe
Jijo Jacob reports: The data theft at INS Vikrant, India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC), has taken a national security dimension with reports saying that the espionage angle cannot be ruled out. The theft of computer hard discs, random access memory (RAM) and processor from the ship, which is being built at the Cochin Shipyard…
Check-in computers stolen in Atlanta hold statewide voter data
Mark Niesse Arielle Kass report: Two computers that are used to check in voters were stolen from a west Atlanta precinct hours before polls opened Tuesday for a city school board election. [..] The express poll computers contain names, addresses, birth dates and driver’s license information for every voter in the state, said Richard Barron, Fulton…
Camera Containing Autopsy Photos Stolen From Loyola University Medical Center Pathology Lab
Megan Hickey reports: Loyola University Medical Center confirmed that a camera containing the autopsy photos of several patients over a period of more than a year was stolen from the hospital’s pathology lab, and the personal health information of those patients has not been recovered. A letter to one deceased patient’s family indicated that the…
Ca: NWT faces lawsuit over over 2018 health data breach that could affect all residents
Canadian Press reports: The Northwest Territories is facing a lawsuit over a stolen laptop containing medical files that could include information on every resident in the territory. […] The lawsuit stems from a government-owned laptop that was stolen from inside a parked vehicle in Ottawa in May 2018. The laptop has never been found. Read…
Andy Frain Services reports stolen laptop, but were they also hacked?
Andy Frain Services has reported a breach to the California Attorney General’s Office. The breach reportedly occurred on May 2, and their letter to those affected begins: We are writing with important information regarding a recent security incident. The privacy and security of the personal information we maintain is of the utmost importance to Andy Frain…