WGN reports: A teacher’s backpack at an elementary school in suburban Hoffman Estates was stolen last week and one of the items now missing contains personal information about all the students and more. The pack, known as a “crisis backpack,” has won awards and was developed by the Hoffman Estates Fire Dept to use in…
Category: Theft
Pacific Biosciences of California notifying employees of breach
Pacific Biosciences of California is notifying employees and dependents after a laptop with personal information was stolen from an employee’s home. The theft occurred on September 16. In a letter to those affected, Natalie Welch, Senior Director of Human Resources, writes that the personal information involved included names, contact information, birthdates, Social Security numbers, direct…
NI: Former police officer’s damages award accounted for data breach distress, rules NI court
Out-Law.com reports: A former police officer’s claim for a £20,000 damages award to be significantly increased to reflect the distress he suffered as a result of the theft of his sensitive personal data has been rejected by a court in Northern Ireland. The former Special Branch officer, referred to only as ‘CR19’ in the judgment…
Possible information breach within Maryland VA
Whig reports: As many as 165 employees of the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System received a letter from the VA informing them of a potential breach of privacy. This includes an unknown number of Perry Point employees. On Aug. 28, the personal vehicle of a VA Maryland Health Care employee was broken into and…
Senior IT worker at top tech law firm arrested for insider trading
Joe Mullin reports: A senior IT employee with the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has been arrested for grabbing the firm’s confidential client information and using it to trade stocks. FBI agents arrested 41-year-old Dimitry Braverman at his San Mateo, California, home on Tuesday morning, according to a report in the New York Law Journal. He was released…
CA: Business owner suspects arson was meant to cover ID theft
Joe Goldeen reports: The owner of a real estate development company that was burned out of its longtime north Stockton offices said he believes the fire was intentionally set to cover up another crime. “We found it was an identity theft break-in. The fire was a diversion,” said Ken Brown, the businessman who moved his…