Some data breaches remain low-tech. Ed Amoroso reports on the theft of paper court records — but 18 sacks of them on a three-wheeler (tricycle)? Amoroso reports that the man, identified as John Carlo Lumbres of Tanauan City, was arrested for stealing records of criminal cases in Batangas. Seized from Lumbres were 18 sacks containing…
Category: Theft
Computer containing vaccine data stolen in Brussels
The Brussels Times reports: Various computers, including one containing data on vaccinated persons, were stolen on the night of Monday to Tuesday from the Pacheco vaccination centre in Brussels, the Commission communautaire commune (Cocom -Joint Community Commission) said in a press release on Friday. “Cocom quickly took measures, in collaboration with the police, its information…
‘Sensitive information’ was stolen from a laptop. Nuclear power installation in Tarragona
BollyInside reports: Theft of a backpack left in a car by a Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) inspector has been reported to the Mossos d’Esquadra. The backpack appeared to contain a laptop with classified information on the Vandellos II plant in the province of Tarragona. As reported by La Vanguardia and confirmed by Catalan police sources…
Appellate Court Partially Revives Medical Data Breach Class Action
Cheryl Miller reports the latest development on litigation stemming from a 2014 data breach at Sutherland Healthcare Solutions. If that incident doesn’t ring a bell for you, it was covered a number of times on this site back in 2014 and you can find coverage linked from here. A state appellate panel on Monday partially…
Computer containing patient information reported stolen from Advocate Lutheran General Hospital: Police
Jennifer Johnson reports: A computer that police say contained “sensitive patient information” was reported stolen from Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge last week. According to police, the laptop was stolen from the hospital campus at 1775 W. Dempster St. between 3:30 p.m. Sept. 22 and 6:30 a.m. the following morning. The exact location…
Safeway reports theft of COVID-19 vaccine records in Washington, D.C.
Russell Redman 1 reported the following on September 21: COVID-19 vaccine records were stolen from an off-site vaccination clinic held by Safeway in Washington, D.C. Parent company Albertsons Cos. said Tuesday that, on Sept. 8, an employee who facilitated Safeway’s COVID vaccine clinic at the Fort Stanton Recreation Center at 1812 Erie St. SE in…