Katherine Dow reports: The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is set to release further details after personal health information was taken from a locked area earlier this month. The authority said those affected have been notified. This comes after the WRHA dealt with multiple security breaches in January. The first breach came on Jan. 14 when…
Category: Theft
Assemblywoman’s Orange County campaign office burglarized; voter data stolen
AP reports: Thirty tablets and a laptop computer were stolen over the weekend from the Orange County campaign office of Republican Assemblywoman Young Kim, a spokesman said Monday. […] The tablets were used for neighborhood canvassing and contained private information about voters, though thieves would need a password to access it, Gilliard said. Read more…
IDF colonel suspended for stolen military laptop
yoav Zitun reports: Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel suspended an Air Force col. for two weeks, after he reported that his army-issued laptop was stolen from his home. The commander, who serves in the military headquarters in the Kiryah, reportedly took the laptop home with him, despite orders not to do so. It…
Laptop with crucial CMO data stolen
TNN reports: In a strange incident, a laptop of a close personal aide of chief minister Vijay Rupani was reportedly stolen from the third floor of the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in Swarnim Sankul. The development left the aide, who sits in the third chamber from CM’s chamber, and other staff members in a tizzy as the theft…
Syrian refugees’ data stolen from council worker day before Clydebank arrival
Tristan Stewart-Robinson reports on a small-N breach with potentially huge consequences for those affected: A list of the names of Syrian refugees and their new addresses in Clydebank was stolen one day before they were moved to the town, The Post can reveal. Some of the most vulnerable families in the world, fleeing the ravages of war, could…
Indiana business associate providing employee benefits management notifies 7,242 after laptop theft
From their notification letter, which does not explain why it took 2.5 months for them to make notifications nor where the laptop was stolen: We are writing to inform you of a data security incident at Gibson Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Gibson”) that may have resulted in the disclosure of your personal information, including your name…