Mail Fishing

Not email, paper mail: Thieves, often at night, use string to lower glue-covered rodent traps or bottles coated with an adhesive down the chute of a sidewalk mailbox. This bait attaches to the envelopes inside, and the fish in this case — mail containing gift cards, money orders or checks, which can be altered with chemicals and cashed — are… Continue reading Mail Fishing

Boxes of documents including possible personal tax information showed up at a Marshall Co. recycling center, investigation underway

Laura Christmas reports from Alabama: Monday morning when employees came to work at a Marshall County recycling center, they found boxes of documents that included people’s personal information in what looked like personal tax documents. Some of … Continue reading Boxes of documents including possible personal tax information showed up at a Marshall Co. recycling center, investigation underway

Another business associate breach, another gap to notification of patients

So here’s yet another breach with what seems like a long delay to notification. In this case, Re-Solutions, a division of RSC Insurance Brokerage in Massachusetts, is a business associate to healthcare providers. On August 23, 2018,  an employee’s lapt… Continue reading Another business associate breach, another gap to notification of patients

Stolen N.W.T. laptop was among dozens that were unencrypted and handed out to unsuspecting staff anyway

This is Part 3 of a 3-part series on a stolen laptop.  If you missed the earlier parts, you can find them here: Part 1 and Part 2. Priscilla Hwang reports: The N.W.T. government’s information technology division knew a set of laptops were “… Continue reading Stolen N.W.T. laptop was among dozens that were unencrypted and handed out to unsuspecting staff anyway

Oklahoma Heart Hospital notifies patients after thieves steal computers from clinic

KFOR-TV and K. Querry report that Oklahoma Heart Hospital is notifying 1,221 patients following a January burglary that resulted in the theft of four desktop computers from an outpatient clinic. The computers reportedly contained patient information li… Continue reading Oklahoma Heart Hospital notifies patients after thieves steal computers from clinic

Detecting Shoplifting Behavior

This system claims to detect suspicious behavior that indicates shoplifting: Vaak, a Japanese startup, has developed artificial intelligence software that hunts for potential shoplifters, using footage from security cameras for fidgeting, restlessness and other potentially suspicious body language. The article has no detail or analysis, so we don’t know how well it works. But this kind of thing is surely… Continue reading Detecting Shoplifting Behavior

MT: Rocky Boy Health Center reports breach of personal patient information

MTN News reports: There was a breach of personal patient information at the Rocky Boy Health Center recently. On Thursday evening, Rocky Boy Health Center CEO Jessica Windy Boy posted on the Center’s Facebook page stating health officials became aware … Continue reading MT: Rocky Boy Health Center reports breach of personal patient information

N.W.T. employee dug through planters, trash to find stolen laptop, weeks after privacy training (Part 2)

Priscilla Hwang reports: This is part 2 of three stories on the stolen laptop files. Here’s part 1. Part 3 is scheduled for next week. The N.W.T. government employee who was responsible for a laptop with health information for nearly the entire t… Continue reading N.W.T. employee dug through planters, trash to find stolen laptop, weeks after privacy training (Part 2)

Pap smears, STIs and flu: What the N.W.T. gov’t didn’t tell you about a stolen laptop

Priscilla Hwang provides a troubling update on a stolen laptop incident disclosed last year. This story is Part 1 of 3 on the stolen laptop files. Part 2 is scheduled for Tuesday and Part 3 will publish next week. The number of people whose personal he… Continue reading Pap smears, STIs and flu: What the N.W.T. gov’t didn’t tell you about a stolen laptop