Raymond Yeung reports: Hong Kong’s top medical school has expressed its “deepest apologies” after a laptop computer containing the personal data of more than 3,600 patients was suspected to have been stolen, causing a massive data breach. A police investigation was under way after the laptop belonging to the University of Hong Kong’s Li Ka…
Category: Theft
FDNY EMS Notifies More Than 10,000 Patients of Possible Data Breach
NBC reports: More than 10,000 patients whom the FDNY EMS had previously treated and or transported were notified that their personal information may have been compromised after an employee’s personal external hard drive was lost last March, according to officials. The employee, who was authorized to access the records, uploaded the information onto their personal…
Records with Information on 770 Elder Abuse or Dependent Adult Abuse Cases Stolen From Riverside County Employee’s Car
CBS reports: Nearly 800 paper files containing sensitive information were stolen last month from a Riverside County employee’s vehicle, the county announced Thursday. The records, stolen July 27, contained sensitive information about cases investigated by the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services, putting the personal data of 770 individuals at risk of misuse, officials…
Attackers Break Into Home of Investigative Journalist, Kill Her Dogs and Steal Her Reporting Records
Chantal Da Silva reports: The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on Mexican authorities to “immediately and credibly” investigate an attack on a nationally-renowned investigative journalist’s home that saw her two dogs killed and her reporting records stolen. According to the CPJ, a number of unidentified individuals broke into investigative reporter Lydia Cacho Ribeiro’s home…
AU: More than 100,000 UWA students’ data may be compromised after laptop thefts
Bethany Hiatt reports: More than 100,000 former University of WA students were today alerted their personal data may have been compromised after thieves stole 20 laptops from an administration building. The message from vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater said the password-protected laptops were stolen in late June and police had been investigating since then. Read more on…
University of Nebraska-Lincoln offering identity protection after laptop with personal information stolen
Chris Dunker reports: More than 900 current and former employees of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources have been offered identity theft protection after a laptop containing their personal information was stolen overseas. Thieves made off with the laptop of a consultant who helps manage IANR’s employee retirement benefits while that…