NZ: Confidential information at risk after computer stolen from Commerce...
James Fyfe and Edward O’Driscoll report: A computer holding hundreds of meeting and interview transcripts has been stolen from the Commerce Commission. The computer belonged to an external provider and...
View ArticleRecords of 650 patients on missing computer hard drive: Alberta Health Services
The Canadian Press reports: Alberta Health Services (AHS) says a computer hard drive that contained the personal health information of about 650 patients has been missing since August. The agency says...
View ArticleGH: Hard disk containing Opuni trial stolen from court
Kojo Emmanuel reports: The hard disk which contains recording and storing court records and proceedings of the ongoing criminal case against the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of COCOBOD, Dr....
View ArticleNZ: Commerce Commission obtains court order to protect ‘sensitive’...
1NewsNow reports: The Commerce Commission has obtained a Court order to help protect the confidentiality of sensitive information stored on a computer stolen from one of its external providers. Police...
View ArticleCa: Dozens of patient records stolen from Winnipeg’s Children’s Hospital
CBC reports: The personal health information of 54 minors was stolen this week from a locked cabinet at the Children’s Hospital in Winnipeg, the province’s Shared Health agency said in a Friday news...
View ArticleSC: Prisma Health discloses third patient data breach in two months
Noah Feit reports: Patients and volunteers at several Midlands hospitals might have had their personal information exposed online, according to Prisma Health. The problem was discovered after a Prisma...
View ArticleMain Street Clinical Associates, PA Notifies Patients After Looters Steal PHI
The press release below the separator on this page describes a statistically unusual incident; an explosion at a building adjacent to a covered entity caused an emergency evacuation in which files and...
View ArticlePhysical and cyber threats collide in data theft incidents at N.J. businesses
Joel Griffin reports: For years, cybersecurity experts have warned about the lengths that criminals will go to in gaining access to the network of their intended victim, including exploiting flaws in...
View ArticleThief Stole Payroll Data for Thousands of Facebook Employees
Kurt Wagner reports: Personal banking information for tens of thousands of Facebook Inc. workers in the U.S. was compromised last month when a thief stole several corporate hard drives from an...
View ArticleCa: Shaw customers notified of data breach that happened back in June
Alanna Kelly reports: Shaw customers have been notified by mail about a security risk after a company laptop containing some people’s personal information was stolen months ago. In a letter to...
View Article160,000 Belgian Allianz Partners clients affected by data theft
Oscar Schneider reports: An Allianz Partners strongbox containing back-up copies of data related to disaster claims was stolen in the Netherlands in August, the insurance and assistance company...
View ArticleWest Georgia Ambulance Company Pays $65,000 to Settle Allegations of...
Are you surprised to see a settlement with HHS arising from an investigation that began when an entity reported a stolen laptop in 2013? Keep reading this notice from HHS to find an explanation: West...
View ArticleU. of Ottawa reports stolen laptop may have impacted 188
Matt Gergyek reports: The University of Ottawa has given notice of a potential privacy breach impacting 188 people, including elementary and high school students who attended a summer program on...
View ArticleAZ: Cardiovascular Associates of Arizona reports office burglary
Cardiovascular Associates of Arizona has published a notice in the Arizona Silver Bullet. Dear Editor: We would like to inform our patients that somewhere over the weekend of 10/07-10/09 our office in...
View ArticleBreak-in at Anchorage hospice could mean breach of private patient data
Jennifer Summers reports: Hospice of Anchorage is letting patient families know about a potential breach of private patient data after its offices were broken into last month. A news release says the...
View ArticleSaskatoon Sexual Health laptop containing 156 patients’ information stolen in...
Thia James reports: A laptop stolen from Saskatoon Sexual Health in late 2018 contained information about 156 clients, a recent report from the province’s information and privacy commissioner found. In...
View ArticleMan sentenced 8 years in hard drive “shucking” theft scheme
Jeremy Childs reports: A 42-year-old man was sentenced to eight years in prison for participating in a complex theft scheme of computer hard drives, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday....
View ArticleCO: Wheat Ridge clinic reports potential breach of 1,300 patients’...
Eric Ruble reports: A local mental health clinic says 1,319 patients’ information was possibly accessed during a burglary in November 2019. On Thursday, the Jefferson Center for Mental Health said its...
View ArticlePersonal Data Of 650,000 Oregonians Exposed After Medical Vendor’s Computer...
Kristian Foden-Vencil A stolen computer has exposed the personal information — including names, social security numbers and addresses — of more than 650,000 Oregonians. Thieves stole a computer from...
View ArticleZA: Crucial patient information lost in Yeoville clinic robbery
Gaby Ndongo reports: Crucial patient information was lost when 11 computers were stolen from the Yeoville Clinic in a robbery days before Christmas. The clinic had been migrating from paper to digital...
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