Niamh Burns reports: An investigation is under way after patient records were left lying outside Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Loose sheets containing personal information about a patient’s medical history were found in the back of a wheelchair at an Aberdeen Royal Infirmary side entrance. Read more on Evening Express.
Nearly 200 Baton Rouge high school students fall victim to identity theft
Amber Stegall reports: The Baton Rouge Police Department is conducting an identity theft investigation involving at least 187 potential victims, all students at a Baton Rouge high school, and the suspect in the case is a 17-year-old student from the school. The investigation began on January 17, 2012 when Uniformed Patrol officers conducted a traffic…
Regions says employee 401k data lost when auditor Ernst & Young mailed flash drive and code key together
Russell Hubbard reports: Personal information about Regions Financial Corp. current and former employees was lost in November when a flash drive with the data came up missing after being mailed by outside auditor Ernst & Young in the same envelope as the decryption code. Read more on al.com.
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine notifying patients after flash drive stolen from pathologist's car
The Miami Herald reports that U. of Miami is notifying 1,219 patients after a flash drive with unencrypted patient data was stolen from a pathologist’s car in November. From the FAQ on the breach: What Happened? On November 24, 2011 a vehicle belonging to a Pathologist from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine…
Lexington Clinic Notifying Patients of Information Security Breach
Statement issued by Lexington Clinic: January 30, 2012 Lexington Clinic is notifying 1,018 patients of a privacy breach. Despite stringent security protocols, a laptop was stolen from Lexington Clinic’s Neurology Department located in the St. Joseph Office Park at 1401 Harrodsburg Road. The theft occurred overnight on December 7, 2011. Following an internal investigation of…
Over 12,000 digital game purchasers notified of breach involving TryMedia’s ActiveStore application
TryMedia, a subsidiary of RealNetworks, Inc.. recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a security breach involving its ActiveStore application that is used by partner sites selling digital games. According to their letter dated January 13, the firm became aware of an intrusion into its ActiveStore application and believes the intruders were able to…