Dec. 15 – Oak Cliff Orthopaedic Associates announced today an incident involving the theft of old business records from an off-site storage facility, which included in the material unauthorized access to certain personal protected health information from the years 2006 and 2007. The Lewisville Police Department ultimately recovered the boxes of stolen records. Oak Cliff Orthopaedic Associates…
Category: Theft
University of Vermont notifies some of stolen USB drive
The University of Vermont has been notifying some individuals that a USB drive with their information was in an employee’s purse that was stolen. The university learned of the theft on September 15, and the employee notified the police. The USB drive reportedly contained the following types of information: Completed UVM disclosure notices that had the employees’…
VA: Chesapeake Public Schools notifying employees of theft of their information
S. Cline reports that Chesapeake Public Schools in Virginia is notifying 10,827 employees after an employee’s laptop with unencrypted information was stolen. The information on the laptop included names, social security numbers and bank account numbers of some past and present employees. The employees are being offered some protective services. The media report does not reveal whether…
Notice of Data Incident to the Past and Present Clients of Hillary Tentler, CPA
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 30, 2016 — On November 4, 2016, Hillary Tentler discovered that her home was broken into that day. Upon discovery, she immediately notified the Santa Barbara CountySheriff’s office and a police report was filed. Unfortunately, along with personal effects, the burglars stole three back up hard drives for her CPA practice. On November 9, 2016, the Sheriff’s…
Navy to notify 134,386 sailors whose PII was on “compromised” laptop
So at 5 pm on Thanksgiving eve, the Navy discloses a data breach? Story Number: NNS161123-13Release Date: 11/23/2016 5:01:00 PM By Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs WASHINGTON (NNS) — Oct. 27, 2016, the Navy was notified by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services (HPES) that one of the company’s laptops operated by their employee supporting a…
Jamaica’s National Works Agency forced to redo roadwork survey after data theft
Another reminder about the risks of data being stolen from an employee’s car at their home. Loop News reports: The National Works Agency (NWA) has been forced to redo a survey relating to the Montego Bay bypass road project in St James, following the theft of the data recently. The agency had collected the data…