Anthony Vecchione reports: Summit Medical Group said Monday it is looking into an incident of a possible security leak of patient data. SMG said it became aware of the potential unauthorized disclosure of patient medical records Sept. 5 when management and privacy office personnel were notified a notebook maintained by a medical assistant in the…
Category: Theft
NJ: Former Chilton Medical Center employee sentenced on Computer Criminal Theft charges
There’s a follow-up to an insider-wrongdoing case previously reported on this site as affecting 4,600 patients of Chilton Medical Center. The following press release appeared October 26: Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, and Chief Brian C. Spring of the Pequannock Township Police Department announce the sentencing of Sergiu Jitcu, age 39, of Saddle Brook,…
Computers and voter data stolen from California Democrat’s office in brazen Election Day burglary
Tana Ganeva reports: Democratic candidate for California Senate had her office broken into and sensitive voter information stolen, reports the Merced Sun Star. The burglary occurred on Election Day, as California voters headed to the polls. Read more on RawStory.
The theft of an Auckland legal aid lawyer’s laptop compromises 80 cases
Julie Iles reports: A stolen, unprotected work laptop has put at risk the confidential details of more than 80 legal aid clients. The laptop was taken in a September burglary of the home of a recently resigned legal aid lawyer, Ministry of Justice chief operating officer Carl Crafar said. The laptop contained the confidential details…
Ex-Chicago Public Schools worker accused of stealing info on 80,000 people in latest data breach
Nader Issa reports: A former Chicago Public Schools worker is facing several felony charges after officials allege the worker stole personal information on about 80,000 employees, volunteers and vendors from a CPS database. The former worker, Kristi Sims, was arrested in the case on Thursday, and officers recovered the stolen files after executing search warrants,…
Raley’s pharmacy patients notified after laptop with protected health information stolen
If you were or a pharmacy patient at Raley’s, Bel Air Mart, or Nob Hill General Store, your information may have been on a laptop that was stolen on September 24. In a notification to the California Attorney General, David Fluitt, Director of Pharmacy Operations for Raley’s, writes that the types of unencrypted information on…