From the Associated Press: Eastern Illinois University says someone outside the school may have broken into files containing personal information from about 9,000 current and former students and applicants. The university on Friday said it found a number of viruses on a server used by the university’s admissions office that could have provided outside access….
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Lost Textron Financial hard drive held employee, customer data
Textron Financial has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that an external hard drive lost in mid-October contained personal information on 54 former and current employees as well as customers. According to a letter sent to affected clients this week, names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and account numbers relating to the purchase of time-share…
NH: AG reviewing WDH patient records breach
As a follow-up to the coverage of a patient privacy breach involving Wentworth-Douglass Hospital (WDH), Adam D. Krauss of Foster’s Daily Democrat reports that a number of agencies are now piling on. Concern over Wentworth-Douglass Hospital’s handling of a broad privacy breach into patients’ records has widened with the Attorney General’s Office confirming it is…
Health Net notifies New Hampshire that 504 residents affected
Health Net’s notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is now available online (pdf). Dated November 23, the letter states that although the files on the lost portable hard drive were not encrypted as they should have been, because they were image-only format files of scanned documents, they would be difficult to view. The…
Tax Documents Found in Atlanta Dumpster
Justin Gray reports that private personal and financial records including tax returns were found in a dumpster Tuesday in Atlanta. The documents appeared to be from an accountant’s office, and CPA Gregg Bossen says he has no idea how this happened and will investigate.
MO: Personal Documents Discovered in Dumpster (updated)
Emily Baucum reports that bankers boxes full of unredacted personal and financial records from former clients of Nation Wide Credit Counseling were found in a public dumpster in Battlefield, Missouri. As if that is not troubling enough, Baucum reports that “The Battlefield Police Department is investigating the situation, but the boxes are still in the…