AP reports: Spain has issued at least two international arrest warrants for members of a self-proclaimed human rights group who allegedly led a mysterious raid at the North Korean Embassy in Madrid last month and offered the FBI stolen data from the break-in. Read more on The Japan News.
Category: Theft
Boxes of documents including possible personal tax information showed up at a Marshall Co. recycling center, investigation underway
Laura Christmas reports from Alabama: Monday morning when employees came to work at a Marshall County recycling center, they found boxes of documents that included people’s personal information in what looked like personal tax documents. Some of the papers had a company name listed: Professional Tax & Accounting, which has three offices in Birmingham, Jasper,…
Another business associate breach, another gap to notification of patients
So here’s yet another breach with what seems like a long delay to notification. In this case, Re-Solutions, a division of RSC Insurance Brokerage in Massachusetts, is a business associate to healthcare providers. On August 23, 2018, an employee’s laptop was stolen. In its disclosure letter, the laptop was described as “password-protected,” but there was…
Stolen N.W.T. laptop was among dozens that were unencrypted and handed out to unsuspecting staff anyway
This is Part 3 of a 3-part series on a stolen laptop. If you missed the earlier parts, you can find them here: Part 1 and Part 2. Priscilla Hwang reports: The N.W.T. government’s information technology division knew a set of laptops were “very difficult” to encrypt, but still handed it out for government staff…
Oklahoma Heart Hospital notifies patients after thieves steal computers from clinic
KFOR-TV and K. Querry report that Oklahoma Heart Hospital is notifying 1,221 patients following a January burglary that resulted in the theft of four desktop computers from an outpatient clinic. The computers reportedly contained patient information like names, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers and clinical information. Read more on KFOR-TV. NewsOfToday has additional details…
MT: Rocky Boy Health Center reports breach of personal patient information
MTN News reports: There was a breach of personal patient information at the Rocky Boy Health Center recently. On Thursday evening, Rocky Boy Health Center CEO Jessica Windy Boy posted on the Center’s Facebook page stating health officials became aware of the breach on January 16. The breach reportedly happened on or around January 14….