Scottish charity reprimanded for USB data breach by ICO
2 USB sticks containing mental health data stolen from Enable Scotland Data sticks or USB drives look so small but carry so much of weight, don’t they? They carry a lot of data and if lost, are...
View ArticleTwo Murrieta men arrested in connection with the theft of a laptop
Laptop and other items stolen from cars in Murrieta Just when we thought laptop thefts are on the decrease, here comes one that shows nothing can be relied on in the digital world. You go to be extra...
View ArticlePhoenix Police nab 3 in connection with laptop theft
3 suspects nabbed by Phoenix Police in connection with a series of laptops Wow! Another laptop theft and that too in less than 24 hours! When it rains, it pours but we wish this was not true in cases...
View ArticleSophomore Cameron Clear arrested for stealing laptop from Vol’s baseball...
Sports persons are our ideals, we look up to them for inspiration. Their achievements give us strength. We cannot imagine them faltering, making serious mistakes in their field or real life. But they...
View ArticleGlasgow City Council’s laptop containing customer details stolen
Glasgow City Council falls prey to laptop theft Are councils jinxed? You wonder as data breaches seem to be following so many of these councils! There’s either a data breach reported or laptop stolen...
View ArticleSurveillance video helps Police track Laptop thief in New York
FTSA officer checks security baggage at LaGuardia. Laptop thief caught through surveillance video They don’t stop, do they? These laptop thieves. In spite of strict security at airports, they manage to...
View ArticleNew Data Breach bill forces companies to disclose consumer personal information
Sen. Pat Toomey introduces Data Breach Bill Data breaches are increasing but so are proposals to combat them. The picture is not all that sad on the data security front although everyday we are reading...
View ArticleComputer containing personal data of 30,000 patients stolen from the home of...
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in news for laptop theft Yet another laptop theft! Patient data stolen! Have not these statements become ‘cliched`? How can patient data be so...
View ArticlePhysician’s personal laptop stolen from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center admits to data breach This case is another eye-opener why an encryption software ought to be installed on a PC/laptop. How much ever alert we think we are, thieves...
View Article388 council-owned laptops lost
The loss of hundreds of council laptops potentially containing council taxpayers’ confidential information has been termed as ‘not a big security breach’. The loss of hundreds of council laptops...
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