Teri Figueroa reports: About 5,000 patients of Palomar Health had personal information — including medical diagnoses — stolen last month when someone swiped a company laptop and two flash drives from an employee’s vehicle, a company official announced Friday. Read more on U-T San Diego. A statement on Palomar Health’s website says: Notice to Palomar…
Search Results for: education
Missouri Man Sentenced On Computer Hacking Charges
JONATHAN COWDEN was sentenced today to fifteen months of imprisonment resulting from his conviction for hacking a website associated with an Israeli-based business. Cowden was also ordered to pay restitution to the victims of his hacking crimes. The hacking charge against Cowden resulted from a series of computer intrusions Cowden executed between November 2011 and January…
North Dakota University System official: hackers did not gain access to files with personal information
Hannah Johnson reports: No files or personal information was compromised in the Feb. 7 North Dakota University System server breach, officials said at the State Board of Higher Education meeting Thursday. Lisa Feldner, the vice chancellor for IT and institutional research, said the breach did not gain access to ConnectND, which stores student records, or…
Possible data breach affects roughly 15K U. Wisconsin -Parkside students
Carey Docter reports: The University of Wisconsin-Parkside notified approximately 15,000 students on Thursday, March 27th of the potential exposure of personal data. Notifications were sent to the most recent email and U.S. mail addresses on file. The data that is potentially at risk includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and Social Security numbers of students who…
Criminal steals treasure trove of info on applicants to Nevada State Bar
Criminals who broke into a State Bar of Nevada storage facility stole confidential information on an undisclosed number of applicants for the state bar examination, putting an untold number at risk of identity theft. Those affected were notified by letter dated March 17 and offered free credit monitoring for a year:The notification was submitted to…
Email gaffe exposes Loyola Law School students’ info to others
ALLGov reports: The Financial Aid Office of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles inadvertently exposed the personal information of what may very well have been the school’s entire 395-member student body to 14 members of its May 2014 graduating class. Read more on AllGov The full text of the notification email was posted online last…