BBC reports: A laptop containing the personal details of 125,000 potential and current students at Staffordshire University has been stolen. A member of staff took the computer home where it was stolen from a car. The data included the address, telephone number and email details for applicants dating back to 2006. The university said the…
Category: Theft
Coca-Cola sued over stolen laptops breach
Law360 reports that Coca-Cola was hit with a putative class action in Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday over the stolen-and-recovered laptops breach disclosed in January. I’m not finding the complaint in PACER yet. Law360 may have it, but a subscription is required.
FL: Files stolen from Groveland city manager’s car after he left it unlocked in his driveway overnight
Daniel Dahm reports: A city vehicle assigned to the Groveland city manager was broken into and several items, including personnel files and paychecks were stolen, according to police. […] Jones said the SUV was parked in his driveway and left unlocked overnight. Read more on ClickOrlando. And what will be the consequences of this breach…
Lyft Accuses Former COO Of Stealing Confidential Documents Before Joining Uber
Ryan Lawler reports: On-demand rides startup Lyft is taking its former COO Travis VanderZanden to court for breach of his confidentiality agreement and fiduciary duty weeks after the executive joined arch-rival Uber. In a complaint filed this afternoon in San Francisco Superior Court, Lyft claims VanderZanden downloaded a number of non-public company documents to his personal Dropbox account…
UK: Sheffield Council lost document of children’s names – authority’s data breaches exposed
Alex Evans reports: Confidential data has been lost, misplaced or leaked by Sheffield Council 22 times since February 2012, The Star can reveal today. The information includes eight letters sent to the wrong address and a document which contained children’s names going missing. In one breach, a spreadsheet naming 1,729 people who received payments from…
TX: Investigation reveals student records from Whitehouse ISD stolen from Louisiana archival service
Ashley Slayton reports: The FBI is investigating a theft of student records at Whitehouse Independent School District. Read more on KLTV A statement prominently linked from the district’s homepage says, in part: PRESS RELEASE: ATTENTION TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 2011 AND CLASS OF 2012 Whitehouse Independent School District has received notification from…