Tracy Vedder reports from Seattle: Thousands of people are now vulnerable to identity theft, and it’s all because of a stolen laptop. The information, which includes Social Security and drivers license numbers, was on a King County sheriff’s office computer that was stolen from a detective. The laptop and a personal hard drive were full…
Man who stole Baptist Health patient information sentenced to prison
Brian Bandell reports: A man who stole patient information from Baptist Health South Florida as part of a tax fraud scheme has been sentenced to prison. Miami resident Cristobal Raul Puig was sentenced to 31 months in federal prison. He previously pleaded guilty to possessing 15 or more Social Security numbers of other people. According…
Foundations Recovery Network notifying patients after a laptop with PHI was stolen from an employee's car
Foundations Recovery Network sent out this letter to patients last week: I am writing on behalf of Foundations Recovery Network to inform you of a recent privacy incident concerning your personal information. On Saturday, June 15 th, one of our employees informed us that she had been the victim of a burglary during the early…
Nearly 3,000 Social Security Numbers Taken From Hendrick House
David Ade reports (all typos are in the original): The Hendrick House is trying to reach more than a decades worth of people who lived in the dorms, and tell them to keep a close watch on their credit reports. The breach happened sometime in 2011, and University of Illinois Police detectives tell us, a former…
FL: Teacher preparation data exposed online
Travis Pillow reports: Florida’s Education Commissioner is ordering a review of the state’s data security procedures after personal information for thousands of teachers-in-training was exposed on the Internet. The state Department of Education announced Saturday that personal information for about 47,000 participants in state teacher preparation programs was publicly available on the Internet for two…
AL: Unsecured documents found at Banks Middle School
Cory McGinnis reports, “The documents are the records of former Banks Middle School students, that include addresses, phone numbers, and even social security numbers.” How many years have the documents been unsecured and exposed this way? And will anyone be notifying those whose records were so exposed?