AP reports: Belgian authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested a man who served jail time on terrorism charges over the theft of a computer hard drive containing autopsy reports about the victims of the suicide bombings in Brussels in 2016. Brussels prosecutor’s office spokesman Denis Goeman said the man, identified only by the initials…
Category: Theft
Solis Mammography notifies 500 patients and HHS after laptop theft
Their press release of December 14: Ben-Ora, Hansen & Vanesian Imaging, Ltd. d/b/a Solis Mammography (“Solis”) is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this noticeconcerns an incident that involved some of that information. On October 17, 2018, we learned that a Solis computer had been stolen from our Phoenix location…
Blue Cross: Theft of employee’s computer may have compromised 15,000 customers’ data
Dave Bartkowiak Jr. reports: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan announced Friday that the personal data of nearly 15,000 of Medicare Advantage members may have been compromised after an employee’s laptop computer was stolen in October. Blue Cross said it was notified on Nov. 12, 2018 by COBX, a subsidiary company vendor serving Medicare Advantage business for them, that…
Law firm notifies clients after backup drive stolen from lawyer’s car
I’ve often thrown up my cyber-hands in disgust at breaches that occur because people leave unencrypted PII or PHI in unattended vehicles. But sometimes, you read an incident report, and you can somewhat relate. This report by attorney Michael Koch, dba Lockhart, Britton & Koch in La Mesa, California is one of those times. From…
Computer with data on 20,000 people stolen in Denmark
Confidential data on 20,000 residents in Gladsaxe, a municipality in central Zealand, were saved locally on a computer stolen that was recently stolen from the town’s city hall. The computer was stolen during a break-in between during the weekend of November 30th to December 3rd, Politiken reports. Information stored on the machine includes personal registration numbers, age, gender,…
IL: FHN Family Counseling Center notifies 4,458 of stolen laptop
From their notice: On September 5, 2018, FHN Family Counseling Center (“FHN”) learned that a password-protected laptop was stolen out of a FHN employee’s vehicle. The employee immediately notified law enforcement, but the laptop has not yet been recovered. Upon learning of the incident, FHN immediately initiated an investigation to determine the scope of the…