The theft of a laptop from the office of Arrow Electronics in Melville, New York has resulted in the company notifying 4,044 current and former employees that their personal information was on the laptop. According to a notification sent to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office and to those affected last week, the laptop was…
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Cybersecurity: Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Defining and Coordinating the Comprehensive National Initiative
Cybersecurity: Progress Made but Challenges Remain in Defining and Coordinating the Comprehensive National Initiative GAO-10-338 March 5, 2010 Highlights Page (PDF) Full Report (PDF, 64 pages) Recommendations (HTML) Summary: In response to the ongoing threats to federal systems and operations posed by cyber attacks, President Bush established the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) in…
Feds indict couple again in theft, sale of patients’ data
Jay Weaver reports: Last year, they were charged with running a racket to pilfer patient records from Jackson Memorial Hospital to sell to lawyers for personal-injury claims. Now Ruben E. Rodriguez and wife Maria Victoria Suarez have been indicted again for paying an ambulance-company employee to steal information on patients transported to Miami-Dade hospitals and…
4 accused of ID theft plot with 125 victims
Erica Blake reports: As part of their employment with various Toledo-area businesses, Robert L. Taylor, Adam R. Shank, and Dominique L. Lawson had access to clients’ names, birthdates, and Social Security numbers, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. But instead of keeping the information confidential, the three allegedly sold the identities – more than 125 of…
UT Southwestern employee accused of selling patient information
Shon Gables reports: Authorities arrested an employee at UT [University of Texas] Southwestern Medical Center after she allegedly stole patent information and possibly their identities. Hundreds of patients’ personal information – including birth dates, addresses, phone numbers and financial data – was stolen before Tracy Renay Thomas’ arrest and termination, police said. Thomas is accused…
Westin Bonaventure restaurants and valet parking hacked
Another POS hack in the hospitality industry. From their press release: Officials of The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites which is independently owned by Today’s IV, Inc. and operated by Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Inc. under a license issued by Westin Hotel Management, L.P. announced that the hotel’s four restaurants—Lake View Bistro, Lobby Court Bar,…