The University of California – San Francisco posted this notice on their site on July 2: UC San Francisco is alerting individuals about a burglary involving an unencrypted laptop belonging to a faculty member in the Cardiac Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia Service that contained some personal, research and health information. While there is no evidence of…
Category: Theft
FL: Personal information stolen for hundreds of people
Kristen Sanchez reports: A local business had the personal information stolen for hundreds of people, including driver licenses, Social Security numbers and bank records. Kree Kirkman, owner of DK Real Estate MGMT says private information for nearly 400 people is now in the wrong hands. Last week, someone broke into his home office in Punta…
Man finds military and personal documents dumped in Albuquerque park
Candace Hopkins reports: A young Albuquerque man found documents and more at his neighborhood park, but he knew they didn’t belong. All it took was a brief look and Asa Ruth says he knew a pile of military paperwork and personal information should not be in Robinson Park. […] Ruth returned the documents to Kirtland Air…
MO: Cellphone repair shop employee arrested for invasion of privacy
Joe McLean reports: A Jefferson City man faces charges of taking and sharing explicit photos of several women. A woman told Jefferson City police on June 11 that sexually explicit photos of her were shared with a group of people without her consent. The victim had recently taken her cellphone to iRepair, a cellphone repair…
Visas stolen in truck heist
The Saudi Press Agency reports: The U.S. Embassy in Mexico said Wednesday that a truck carrying visas was hijacked in Mexico and the visas stolen. According to a statement from the embassy, the theft occurred on June 7 “in northern Mexico.” Read more on SPA.
SC: EMS agency notifies patients about missing medical data
Teddy Kulmala reports: A safe with flash drives and hard drives that stored personal and medical information went missing from the Lancaster County EMS, and county officials are mailing letters to patients who have received EMS care since 2004. The safe was discovered missing from a county building on April 16, county officials say. Inside…