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NJ: Man stole records from doctors’ storage unit

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Dissent

Associated Press reports: Authorities say a man stole hundreds of medical records from a storage unit used by three doctors and then sold the information. Middlesex County prosecutors say Fernando Rios is charged with identity theft, trafficking in personally identifying information and burglary. Authorities say the 33-year-old Sayreville man broke into a storage facility in…

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Visalia woman’s personal information stolen… from her doctor’s car

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Dissent

Not only is the data security problematic, but so is the incident response in this case, as Rich Rodriguez reports: A Visalia woman’s personal information is in the hands of a thief. Robin Walker wasn’t hacked, it was stolen from her doctor. She had knee surgery in July. Days before the operation her doctor’s car…

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IT staffers may have compromised sensitive data to foreign intelligence

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Dissent

Paul Sperry reports: Federal authorities are investigating whether sensitive data was stolen from congressional offices by several Pakistani-American tech staffers and sold to Pakistani or Russian intelligence, knowledgeable sources say. What started out 16 months ago as a scandal involving the alleged theft of computer equipment from Congress has turned into a national-security investigation involving…

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Vancouver pot dispensary patient data breach highlights regulatory haze

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Dissent

Dan Fumano reports: Sensitive patient data supplied to a Vancouver cannabis dispensary has been either mishandled or — according to the shop’s owner — stolen, a situation again highlighting the cloud of confusion over the regulation of retail pot. […] A tipster recently contacted Postmedia to say he’d found a computer memory card in a…

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UK: Patients’ records stolen from Walsall health worker’s car

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Dissent

Mike Woods reports: Patients’ personal therapy records were stolen from the car of a member of staff at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. The trust has admitted that therapy records of 41 patients and keys were stolen from the boot of a car in June and said it needs to ‘strengthen the processes for transporting patient…

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Vision Care Specialists, Inc., Notice of Data Breach

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Dissent

On May 22, 2017, Vision Care Specialists, Inc. (“VCS”) learned that on or about May 20, 2017 the VCS administrative office was burglarized.  Immediately upon learning of the burglary, VCS contacted law enforcement who investigated the incident.  VCS assessed the items that were stolen during the burglary, and determined that certain paper records containing patient…

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