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Lost laptop = Lost data!

2007-08-18 08:28:15 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
Laptop has become our essential travel companion. Lost brand new laptop without personal or company data will result in a loss of current market value of the laptop. Lost laptop with personal or company data can result in a loss which can depend on the value of the "data". It is easier to make amends for the lost laptop but making amends for...
 
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Stolen SunGard laptop affects at least 10 post-secondary schools

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2008-04-21 14:49:39 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...laptop belonging to a consultant at SunGard Higher Education was stolen on March 13, 2008. The theft was immediately reported to law enforcement but the laptop has not been recovered. After analyzing a backup of the computer, SunGard Higher Education found that the stolen laptop contained data from projects with a number of customers ...
 
Tags: information, personal information, store confidential information, university, university system, data custodians apply, data custodians, information security governance, sungard
 
 
 
 
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Citizens Advice stolen laptop was encrypted

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2007-12-13 13:37:02 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...laptop computer was stolen from an employee of Citizens Advice (UK) that contained sensitive personal information about people who sought advice from the bureau. The laptop was stolen early on December 5th, 2007 and mainly affects clients from the Belfast area. According to Citizens Advice, the laptop was encrypted Reference URL News story...
 
Tags: laptop encryption, laptop encryption software, advice, encryption, encryption product, citizens advice, laptop, sought advice, personal data
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen from NHLBI contained personal health information

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2008-03-24 22:13:49 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...laptop PC last month Reference URL NHLBI Press Release The Associated Press ComputerWorld The Washington Post Report Credit NHLBI Response From the online sources cited above A government laptop computer containing sensitive medical information on 2,500 patients enrolled in a National Institutes of Health study was stolen in February,...
 
Tags: information, nhlbi, financial information, medical information, laptop computers, nhlbi laptop computers, confidential information, government laptop computer, government
 
 
 
 
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Laptop is stolen from the car of a First Calgary Savings employee

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2008-05-20 10:47:48 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...laptop Breach Description The theft of a laptop computer containing hundreds of clients' confidential information from a Calgary bank employee's vehicle has raised concerns for Alberta's privacy commissioner In a letter sent yesterday to its customers, First Calgary Savings said a vehicle parked in a secured underground parkade was...
 
Tags: employee, information, personal information, breach description, breach, information security breach, financial information, confidential information, calgary savings
 
 
 
 
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10,501 USAF members informed of missing laptop

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2008-01-01 00:15:46 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...laptop containing sensitive personal information belonging to active-duty and retired members of the United States Air Force has been reported missing from the home of a USAF band member at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C. The laptop has been missing since November 19, 2007 Reference URL WSFA Channel 12 News Story (Original WSFA...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, air force, air force base, laptop, personal information home, usaf band, air force officials, band
 
 
 
 
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40,000 BlueCross BlueShield members notified of lost laptop

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2008-03-11 15:31:27 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...laptops went missing Reference URL The Buffalo News WIVB Channel 4 News WGRZ Channel 2 News Report Credit WGRZ Channel 2 News Response From the online sources cited above HealthNow New York has alerted 40,000 members in Western and Northeastern New York that they may be at risk for identity theft, after a former employees laptop computer...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, information, confidential information, laptop, information owners, breach description, breach, security breach
 
 
 
 
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Daily Mail publisher admits to stolen laptop

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2008-07-05 12:55:49 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...laptop containing financial and personal details of thousands of staff, suppliers and contributors has been stolen Reference URL ComputerWorldUK Guardian News (UK Guardian News (UK) additional info Report Credit Guardian Newspaper Response From the online sources cited above Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers has admitted that a...
 
Tags: information, personal information, daily mail publisher, daily mail, personal, store confidential information, laptop, personal data, laptop company computer
 
 
 
 
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Lost Memorial Hospital laptop affects employees and retirees

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2008-02-08 14:14:44 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...laptop containing sensitive personal information belonging to employees sometime while traveling in November, 2007. The employee claims that she gave the laptop to a flight attendant on an American Airlines flight so that it could be stowed properly Reference URL WSBT Channel 22 News Report Credit Leanne Tokars, with a special thanks to the...
 
Tags: memorial, hospital, memorial health system, memorial hospital lost, memorial hospital, sensitive personal information, personal information, hospital staff, employees
 
 
 
 
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Lost Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey laptop

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2008-02-11 13:52:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...laptop used by a Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey employee was stolen in Newark, NJ. The laptop contained sensitive personal information belonging to Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey members and has not been recovered Reference URL Horizon BCBSNJ News Alert New Jersey On-Line story (many comments New Jersey Business...
 
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