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Laptop stolen from Minnesota Department of Commerce vendor

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2007-12-29 00:01:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Department of Commerce Promissor Corporation Victims Certain real estate, abstractor, appraiser, and debt collection license applicants and licensees Number Affected 219 Types of Data Names, Social Security numbers, addresses and state license numbers Breach Description A laptop computer containing sensitive personal information belonging...
 
Tags: minnesota, minnesota real estate, sensitive personal information, personal information, minnesota department, department, minnesota licensees, real, information
 
 
 
 
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Pennsylvania Department of Aging seniors affected by stolen laptop

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2008-01-03 17:18:52 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Department of Aging Victims Pennsylvania senior citizens Number Affected 21,000 Types of Data Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, medical information and list of services received from the state Breach Description A laptop computer containing sensitive personal information belonging to Pennsylvania senior citizens was stolen from a...
 
Tags: pennsylvania, pennsylvania department, department, sensitive personal information, personal information, information, computer, laptop computer, medical information
 
 
 
 
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Who should do your security audits? Or, how do you organize the security department?

2008-02-07 22:25:32 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...department are uneasy with this, and prefer that someone else do the auditing. I've encountered similar tension before, and it always makes me wonder why information security folk and auditors frequently have trouble working together. As I thought more about this, I began to wonder if maybe there's a better way to organize the entire security...
 
Tags: information, information assets, information security, alignment folk, security alignment folk, information security department, alignment, security department, security
 
 
 
 
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Maryland Department of Assessments & Taxation web exposure

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2008-01-05 14:02:15 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Department of Assessments and Taxation Towson University's Regional Economic Studies Institute Victims Maryland residents applying for a homestead tax credit Number Affected Unknown roughly 900 people used the system on the day in question Types of Data Names, addresses and Social Security numbers Breach Description A web application...
 
Tags: maryland, sensitive personal information, personal information, secure server hadhas, server, web application server, application, information, information security
 
 
 
 
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Utah Department of Administrative Services reports web site breach

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2008-03-17 11:34:28 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Department of Administrative Services Division of Finance Victims Citizens Number Affected 500 Types of Data personal information Breach Description Computer files containing the personal information of approximately 500 individuals may have been accessed by unauthorized persons during a security breach at the Utah Division of Finance ...
 
Tags: utah, utah department, breach, utah division, information, personal information, department, utah attorney, breach description
 
 
 
 
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Confidential Connecticut Department of Labor mailing is missing

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2008-06-10 12:00:32 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Department of Labor Victims Customers Number Affected 2,160 Types of Data personal information, including name, address and Social Security number Breach Description WETHERSFIELD, The Connecticut Department of Labor is notifying approximately 2,100 customers that files containing copies of letters sent to them regarding their unemployment...
 
Tags: information, personal information, information security personnel, security, additional security features, entire social security, connecticut department, connecticut, breach description
 
 
 
 
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WakeMed Emergency Department laptop goes missing

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2008-01-31 01:32:38 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Department Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Ambulance patients Number Affected As many as 850 Types of Data Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers Breach Description A laptop is missing and presumed stolen from the WakeMed Emergency Department that contains sensitive personal information belonging to roughly 850 people...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, information, medical information, download diagnostic information, emergency department, county ambulances, ambulances, laptop, county
 
 
 
 
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Errant email exposed Department of Consumer Affairs personal information

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2008-06-24 17:51:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Department of Consumer Affairs Victims employees, contractors and board members Number Affected 5,000 Types of Data Names, Social Security numbers, salaries and job titles Breach Description The state Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has sent letters to 5,000 employees, contractors and board members warning them of a security breach...
 
Tags: information, email, volunteer information lost, wrong email address, email address, information security, adequately protect information, credit cards, credit
 
 
 
 
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Five stolen Florida Department of Children and Families laptops

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2008-01-04 10:12:20 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Department of Children and Families (DCF Victims Daycare workers in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties Number Affected Thousands DCF is notifying about 1,200 day-care providers and their employees Types of Data Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and "other information Breach Description Five laptop computers were stolen from a...
 
Tags: agency, law enforcement agency, law, confidential information, information, confidential personal information, law enforcement led, laptops, sensitive personal information
 
 
 
 
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Nevada Department of Public Safety applicants exposed

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