Computers stolen from a California agent of Farmers Insurance on March 16 contained sensitive policyholder data, but the policyholders were not notified of theft until the end of July. According to a notification sent by Farmers Insurance to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, data on the stolen computers for an unspecified number of policyholders included…
Category: Theft
Everywhere you look, there are breaches we didn’t know about…
Here are summaries of some other breach reports recently filed with the Maryland Attorney General’s Office. I’ve tried to sort them or organize them somewhat as I am going through them. Some of the incidents affect only a few individuals, while others impact many more. Most of them have never been reported in the…
Another laptop. Another car. Another “gah” moment.
Arizona-based Vision Quest provides services for youth in five states, including Maryland. In a letter sent to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, Vision Quest reported that a laptop stolen from an employee’s car on June 7 contained client information such as’ names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, DJS number, and encounter information. …
Two More Courts Close the Doors on Data Breach Plaintiffs
Venkat Balasubramani discusses two recent court decisions that turned data breach plaintiffs away. The first case is the Hannaford case, discussed previously on this blog, but I was surprised to learn that the Providence Health System breach finally was decided: Paul v. Providence Health System-Oregon, (Ore. Ct. App. Oct. 6, 2010): this case involved the…
CA: Former Has-Camino Travel Agency employee accused of theft of computers, customer info
A husband and wife from South Pasadena have been arrested on suspicion of breaking into a travel agency where the woman formerly worked and stealing computers and people’s personal information, authorities said Friday. Maureen Hizon, 35, is also being investigated on suspicion of embezzling about $100,000 from the Has-Camino Travel Agency, where she had worked…
(follow-up) Three black market travel agents plead guilty
Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that three defendants have pleaded guilty to their roles in a conspiracy among black market travel agents who used the stolen identities of thousands of victims as part of a multi-million dollar fraud scheme to purchase airline tickets for their customers. Some…