Saturday, 2/17/07, it was widely reported that the U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) was suspending “activities at seven specialized research centers across the country after an unprotected computer hard drive disappeared from one of the facilities in Alabama last month.”
Archive for the ‘Lost & Stolen Laptops’ Category
VA Suspends Medical Research Following Most Recent Breach Until Security Certification Is Obtained
Sunday, February 18th, 2007Privacy Breach: FBI Loses Laptops Each Month Despite 2002 Audit Telling Them To Improve Practices
Monday, February 12th, 2007Today the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the “The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers Follow-Up Audit” report.
As you can tell by my post title, this should be a very embarrassing report for the FBI.
Privacy Breach: FBI Loses Laptops Each Month Despite 2002 Audit Telling Them To Improve Practices
Monday, February 12th, 2007Today the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released the “The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Control Over Weapons and Laptop Computers Follow-Up Audit” report.
As you can tell by my post title, this should be a very embarrassing report for the FBI.
Laptop Theft Incident: Laptop Security Leads To Catching Drug Dealers
Friday, January 26th, 2007Some interesting news from right here in my back yard this week…
The Des Moines Register reported that a laptop was stolen along with other items stolen during a home burglery. The computer had a location-monitoring type of anti-theft package installed.
Laptop Theft Incident: Laptop Security Leads To Catching Drug Dealers
Friday, January 26th, 2007Some interesting news from right here in my back yard this week…
The Des Moines Register reported that a laptop was stolen along with other items stolen during a home burglery. The computer had a location-monitoring type of anti-theft package installed.
Laptop Incident: N.C. Dept of Revenue Laptop Theft Puts 30,000 Residents At Risk
Saturday, January 13th, 2007Today the North Carolina Charlotte Observer reported a laptop was stolen from the car of an N.C. Department of Revenue employee in December.
They mailed letters to all 30,000 individuals this week. According to the report this is the first time notifications have been made within N.C. since they put their privacy breach notification law for government agencies into effect during the fall of 2006.
Stolen Laptop: Laptop and Printouts with PII about 600 Students in Colorado
Sunday, December 17th, 2006The Longmont, CO Daily Times reported December 14 that a nurse’s laptop was stolen from her car whle she was parked at a restaurant, along with paper records containing personally identifiable information (PII): “students‚Äô names and dates of birth; the names of their schools and what grade they are in; the students‚Äô Medicaid numbers; and their parents‚Äô names.”
Stolen Laptop: Laptop and Printouts with PII about 600 Students in Colorado
Sunday, December 17th, 2006The Longmont, CO Daily Times reported December 14 that a nurse’s laptop was stolen from her car whle she was parked at a restaurant, along with paper records containing personally identifiable information (PII): “students‚Äô names and dates of birth; the names of their schools and what grade they are in; the students‚Äô Medicaid numbers; and their parents‚Äô names.”
Stolen Laptop: 3rd Theft from Boeing Since November 2005; Clear Text PII of 382,000 On the Latest
Sunday, December 17th, 2006It was reported December 15 that Boeing had the 3rd laptop stolen in just a little over a year.
The laptop was stolen from an employee’s car. PII included “names, home addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers and dates of birth for current and former Boeing employees.”
Penalty Applied for Laptop Theft: More Significant Penalties Are Needed to Motivate Better Safeguards
Thursday, December 14th, 2006The Boston Globe reported Tuesday that “Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. will pay $25,000 to settle a probe of how one of its laptop computers went missing with the personal data of thousands of Massachusetts residents.”
An Ameriprise Financial Services laptop was stolen in 2005 that contained clear text personally identifiable information (PII) about over 200,000 individuals.
