Collaborate Disseminate
Anthony Vecchione reports: Summit Medical Group said Monday it is looking into an incident of a possible security leak of patient data. SMG said it became aware of the potential unauthorized disclosure of patient medical records Sept. 5 when management… Continue reading NJ: Summit Medical Group notifies patients about missing notebook
There’s a follow-up to an insider-wrongdoing case previously reported on this site as affecting 4,600 patients of Chilton Medical Center. The following press release appeared October 26: Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, and Chief Brian … Continue reading NJ: Former Chilton Medical Center employee sentenced on Computer Criminal Theft charges
Tana Ganeva reports: Democratic candidate for California Senate had her office broken into and sensitive voter information stolen, reports the Merced Sun Star. The burglary occurred on Election Day, as California voters headed to the polls. Read more o… Continue reading Computers and voter data stolen from California Democrat’s office in brazen Election Day burglary
Julie Iles reports: A stolen, unprotected work laptop has put at risk the confidential details of more than 80 legal aid clients. The laptop was taken in a September burglary of the home of a recently resigned legal aid lawyer, Ministry of Justice chie… Continue reading The theft of an Auckland legal aid lawyer’s laptop compromises 80 cases
Nader Issa reports: A former Chicago Public Schools worker is facing several felony charges after officials allege the worker stole personal information on about 80,000 employees, volunteers and vendors from a CPS database. The former worker, Kristi Si… Continue reading Ex-Chicago Public Schools worker accused of stealing info on 80,000 people in latest data breach
If you were or a pharmacy patient at Raley’s, Bel Air Mart, or Nob Hill General Store, your information may have been on a laptop that was stolen on September 24. In a notification to the California Attorney General, David Fluitt, Director of Pha… Continue reading Raley’s pharmacy patients notified after laptop with protected health information stolen
Meanwhile, the LokiPWS (a.k.a. Lokibot) malware family distribution is surging. Continue reading ThreatList: Credential Theft Spikes by Triple Digits in U.S.
Jesse Wells reports: A fugitive from Kentucky is accused of illegally logging into the computer network at Community North Hospital. The suspect, Charles Thomas, is now facing several charges of computer trespass and resisting law enforcement. Court re… Continue reading Fugitive from Kentucky charged with breaching computer network at Community Health
HT reports: Burglars broke into the office of a private consultancy company in DLF Phase 1 and allegedly decamped with Rs 4.5 lakh cash, $2,000, silver idols, two Mont Blanc collectible pens, four hard drives, company data, several personal documents a… Continue reading Cash, hard drive, data stolen from DLF1 office, cops suspect insider
Mike Le Couteur reports: Ottawa police and the federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner are investigating a significant data breach in the federal government after a device was stolen from Public Services and Procurement Canada. All 227 employees aff… Continue reading Hundreds of Canadian federal civil servants lose personal information in data breach