Julian Hattem reports: Data security will be back in the spotlight on Wednesday, when a House Financial Services subcommittee hears from top law enforcement, consumer advocacy and industry experts. The hearing will be the fifth Congress has held since Target revealed late last year that a hacker had stolen millions of users’ information during the…
Thermo Fisher Scientific notifies employees after laptop with their SSN is stolen
Thermo Fisher Scientific is notifying 93 employees that their unencrypted names and Social Security numbers were on a laptop stolen from an employee in Boston on December 23. The firm learned of the breach on January 4. Those affected are being offered a year of free credit monitoring with EquiFax’s Credit Watch Gold service. You…
Eureka Internal Medicine notifies patients of potential disclosure of their information
Eureka Internal Medicine in Eureka, California notified patients of a HIPAA breach that was discovered in October 2013. According to a notification from their lawyers: From about September 25, 2013, until about October 9, 2013, when it was discovered, a janitorial service for Eureka Internal Medicine, was mixing paper recycling containing patient information with the regular trash at…
EMC notifying some employees after vendor error disclosed their names and SSNs to unauthorized parties
EMC is notifying employees after an unnamed vendor’s employee mistakenly sent out an Excel file with their personal information to parties not authorized to have their personal information. The error, which occurred on January 7, occurred because a quick glance at the file did not reveal the hidden fields containing their names, SSN, and old…
Former Capital One teller sentenced for stealing customer information
Associated Press reports: A bank teller who conspired to use customers’ information to order fraudulent checks and steal money their accounts has been sentenced to more than five years in prison. Twenty-four-year-old Jayad Zainab Ester Conteh of Glenarden was also ordered to pay more than $36,000 in restitution at sentencing Tuesday in federal court in…
Ca: Privacy breach at London Shoppers Drug Mart stuns customer
CTV reports: It was supposed to be a normal trip to the drugstore, but one London woman got a shock when she got home and realized what was handed to her at the pharmacy. Helliena Julliana was simply inquiring about some medication at the Shoppers Drug Mart location at Adelaide and Huron streets. That’s when…