S. Cline reports that Chesapeake Public Schools in Virginia is notifying 10,827 employees after an employee’s laptop with unencrypted information was stolen. The information on the laptop included names, social security numbers and bank account numbers of some past and present employees. The employees are being offered some protective services. The media report does not reveal whether…
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Tampa General Hospital settles lawsuit over insider breach for ID theft scheme
For years, Florida has stayed in the headlines because of insider breaches related to identity theft. Not often do you see a lawsuit that prevails or settles, but here’s one where there’s been a settlement. The case is John Doe v. Florida Health Sciences Center Inc. d/b/a Tampa General Hospital, Case No. 14-CA-012657, in the Circuit Court…
Anonymous group releases 1,768 student GPAs from Appalachian State University
Sammy Hanf reports: A group called AppState Leaks released the information via their Twitter page of the same name this Thursday. The PDF posted contains student’s first names, majors, year and GPA. The university’s Information Security Department is currently conducting an investigation into the breach. The university said in a statement there is no indication…
Nurse fired after 528 patients’ records breached at Glendale Adventist Medical Center
Jeff Landa reports: A health-care professional at Glendale Adventist Medical Center was fired Wednesday over a privacy breach involving hundreds of patient medical records. Glendale Adventist officials said in a statement on Friday that the protected health information of 528 patients was accessed without authorization by a hospital employee. The unauthorized access included 88 patient…
5,051 records with personal info of Virginia vets discovered in fired ex-Veteran Services employee’s storage unit
There’s a follow-up to a breach first disclosed in October. Mark Bowes reports: More than 5,000 “personally identifiable” records of Virginia veterans – including nearly 700 benefit claims that went unfiled, were filed late or missing key documents – were included in boxes of paperwork discovered in the storage unit of a fired Virginia Department…
Michigan State University to spend $2.9 million in wake of data breach
Marie Weidmayer reports: MSU will spend an estimated $2.9 million on identity theft protection in the wake of the data breach that exposed university records of about 400,000 people. According to a statement from MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon, MSU will provide credit monitoring and identity theft protection free of charge to everyone affected. “We have a reserve fund that…