So what did we miss because the Veterans Administration stopped posting their monthly breach reports to Congress on their web site? DataBreaches.net filed a Freedom of Information request on June 7, and the VA has responded by providing all of the requested monthly reports for the period May, 2016 – June 7, 2017. As an…
Category: Theft
AU: Health department contacts parents after confidential information goes missing
Port Pirie hospital is contacting 234 families after a laptop computer was stolen from the premises. The laptop, used as part of the State-wide Infant Screening Hearing Program, had a security password login and cannot be used as a personal device. But Regional Director Yorke and Northern Roger Kirchner said because hearing test data was…
FL: Notice from Baptist Medical Center South to EEG Patients Regarding a Missing Hard Drive
Baptist Medical Center South (“Baptist South”) is committed to protecting the security and con dentiality of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this notice concerns an incident involving some of that information. On May 18, 2017, Baptist South learned that a backup hard drive used for EEG testing was missing from an EEG room. We immediately began…
ZW: Computers with Criminal Records Stolen from Gutu Magistrate’s Court
Terrence Mawawa reports: Daring robbers broke into the office of Gutu Magistrate, Edwin Marecha, and stole two computers. […] According to sources at the Gutu Magistrates’ Court, the robbers targeted the two computers only- indicating a likelihood that they probably were after destroying criminal records and related evidence. Read more on ZimEye.
Briefcase containing Little River Healthcare records stolen
KCEN reports: Little River Healthcare discovered May 12 that a briefcase containing 18 paper charts and a laptop with patient electronic medical records, was stolen from a provider’s locked vehicle. Among the information stolen was: patient names, dates of birth, dates of service, and medical history. The records did not include social security numbers, driver’s…
Personal information of 16 Utahns stolen from DCFS employee’s vehicle, officials say
Carter Williams reports: The private information of 16 people was stolen in May after a Utah Department of Family and Child Services employee’s vehicle was broken into and copies of identification records needed for background checks were stolen. The break-in occurred on May 16 in the Salt Lake Valley, according to Ashley Sumner, a public…