Following the report earlier this week that a laptop containing 13,000 BP claimants’ personal data was missing, Jaikumar Vijayan reports that data breaches involving unencrypted laptops and portable drives continues at inexcusably high rates: The company is only the latest in a long list of organizations that have made similar announcements over the past several…
Clarksburg VA Medical Center patient list left in car for months, but not to worry, VA says
Cassie Shaner reports: A list of names and Social Security numbers for about 1,450 veterans with upcoming appointments at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center was mistakenly left in a government vehicle for a few months, officials said Tuesday. They said there’s no reason to believe the information was compromised, however. […] Beiler said a female…
Clarksburg VA Medical Center patient list left in car for months, but not to worry, VA says
Cassie Shaner reports: A list of names and Social Security numbers for about 1,450 veterans with upcoming appointments at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center was mistakenly left in a government vehicle for a few months, officials said Tuesday. They said there’s no reason to believe the information was compromised, however. […] Beiler said a female…
NYU Langone Medical Center Notifies Patients That Stolen Computer Contained Clinical Information
NYU Medical Center has posted the following breach notification on its web site, dated March 29, 2011: NYU Langone Medical Center notified patients recently that a desktop computer was discovered stolen from an NYU School of Medicine Faculty Group Practice physician’s office on January 27, 2011. The computer contained correspondence with patients regarding their office…
MI: Man turns documents with personal information over to police
Mary Conway reports that a Michigan man who found a file with with personal documents in a dumpster at the corner of Maybee Road and Gregory in Oakland County turned the documents over to the police. “It was vital information, like social security numbers, license numbers, dates of birth even bank account numbers” Wysocki said….
Sophisticated Attack Yields Data On IEEE Members
Paul Roberts reports: IEEE, the world’s leading society for technical professionals, has warned some 800 members that their credit card and personal information may have been stolen. The FBI has been notified of the breach. The group disclosed the November, 2010 breach in a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General, dated February 24, in…