Canadian Press reports: The Northwest Territories is facing a lawsuit over a stolen laptop containing medical files that could include information on every resident in the territory. […] The lawsuit stems from a government-owned laptop that was stolen from inside a parked vehicle in Ottawa in May 2018. The laptop has never been found. Read…
Category: Theft
Andy Frain Services reports stolen laptop, but were they also hacked?
Andy Frain Services has reported a breach to the California Attorney General’s Office. The breach reportedly occurred on May 2, and their letter to those affected begins: We are writing with important information regarding a recent security incident. The privacy and security of the personal information we maintain is of the utmost importance to Andy Frain…
University of Hong Kong’s medicine department ‘sorry’ for patient data breach
Raymond Yeung reports: Hong Kong’s top medical school has expressed its “deepest apologies” after a laptop computer containing the personal data of more than 3,600 patients was suspected to have been stolen, causing a massive data breach. A police investigation was under way after the laptop belonging to the University of Hong Kong’s Li Ka…
FDNY EMS Notifies More Than 10,000 Patients of Possible Data Breach
NBC reports: More than 10,000 patients whom the FDNY EMS had previously treated and or transported were notified that their personal information may have been compromised after an employee’s personal external hard drive was lost last March, according to officials. The employee, who was authorized to access the records, uploaded the information onto their personal…
Records with Information on 770 Elder Abuse or Dependent Adult Abuse Cases Stolen From Riverside County Employee’s Car
CBS reports: Nearly 800 paper files containing sensitive information were stolen last month from a Riverside County employee’s vehicle, the county announced Thursday. The records, stolen July 27, contained sensitive information about cases investigated by the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services, putting the personal data of 770 individuals at risk of misuse, officials…
Attackers Break Into Home of Investigative Journalist, Kill Her Dogs and Steal Her Reporting Records
Chantal Da Silva reports: The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on Mexican authorities to “immediately and credibly” investigate an attack on a nationally-renowned investigative journalist’s home that saw her two dogs killed and her reporting records stolen. According to the CPJ, a number of unidentified individuals broke into investigative reporter Lydia Cacho Ribeiro’s home…