Jennifer Kastner reports: Hundreds of thousands of dollars in pills were reportedly stolen from a pharmacy in a San Marcos strip mall. Along with the drugs, personal information was taken. Yet it took more than two months for some pharmacy customers to find out their data was in the hands of criminals. In two 10News…
Category: Theft
UK: Patient information stolen from Dorset HealthCare employee’s car
Josh Wright reports: The loss of medical information relating to as many as 50 patients has sparked fears about the security of people’s private records. Personal details belonging to between 11 and 50 patients of the trust which were kept on a notepad were stolen along with a laptop belonging to a Poole-based employee of…
Medical records for more than 600 patients stolen from Moran Eye Center
Paighten Harkins reports: Someone stole a laptop computer and a hard drive from the John A. Moran Eye Center, compromising the medical records of more than 600 of its patients. The theft occurred April 3, when someone took the laptop from locked storage at the center, 65 Mario Capecci Drive, according to a news release….
CBC warns past, current staff personal data may be at risk after break-in, theft of computer
CBC News reports on a CBC breach: The CBC is warning more than 20,000 of its past, present and contract employees that their personal and financial information may be at risk after a break-in and the theft of computer equipment. “An intruder recently broke into a secure area of CBC/Radio-Canada, stealing a piece of computer…
OR: LaPorte & Associates notifies clients of laptop theft
From their press release: LaPorte & Associates, Inc. (“LaPorte”) today announced an incident involving potential unauthorized access to a laptop containing certain personal information. LaPorte is an insurance agency that provides, among other things, insurance procurement, consultation, and support services for its clients. The data potentially subject to unauthorized access varies, but includes some combination…
NY: 50 case files from Dept. of Social Services may have been exposed to data breach
Danny Spewak reports: Fifty case files with sensitive information about Erie County constituents were potentially exposed to the public during two separate instances in 2017, according to a letter sent this week from the Department of Social Services to the county legislature. […] A total of 37 Adult Protective Services case files were found in…