Laptop stolen from S.C. medical center contains data on 7k veterans

Last week, hospital officials began notifying patients of the February theft.

Medical records of 2k patients left unprotected on contractor's server

The records were stored by storage provider working with Glens Falls Hospital in New York.

Doctor's stolen laptop found at pawn shop; data of 652 patients exposed

The psychologist was a private contractor for Washington's Department of Social and Health Services.

Breach exposes data of 1k county workers, officials give no word on cause

Current and retired employees of Allen County, Ohio were affected.

Laptop hosting patient data stolen from surgeon on vacation

A surgeon's laptop containing the personal information of patients was stolen while he was on vacation.

Laptop containing patient data goes missing from Mississippi hospital

Officials at the University of Mississippi Medical Center posted an online notice, saying they had "insufficient contact information" to individually notify those potentially compromised.

Malware places personal info of 25k at Massachusetts university at risk

A worm detected on a school server at Salem State University caused a breach.

Lost, unencrypted USB thumb drive impacts more than 50k Medicaid providers

A CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) employee lost a USB thumb drive that included personal records belonging to more than 50,000 Medicaid providers nationwide.

Sensitive data found in dumpster reveals SSNs and health info

A large number of medical documents and files containing private information were found in a dumpster outside of an office complex in Hiram, Ga.

Envelopes mailed to 26k retired government employees in N.C. exposes SSNs

Envelopes containing a tax form mailed in late January to retired government employees in North Carolina may have revealed the recipients' Social Security numbers.

Laptop theft at Stanford children's hospital risks data of 57K

Earlier this month, an unencrypted laptop was stolen from the car of a physician at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.

Utah Medicaid patients affected by second breach in year

This time, an employee for a Medicaid contractor lost an unencrypted USB drive containing personal data.

Florida juvenile agency loses device containing data of 100k

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice said the device was neither encrypted, nor password protected.

Canada student loan record breach affects 583k

An unencrypted hard drive was lost at the Quebec office of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.

UNC cancer center servers attacked to expose info of 3.5K

More than six months after the incident, affected individuals were notified of the breach at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Calif. health vendor laptop stolen; nearly 70K affected

The personal information of patients at three health systems in Virginia, New Jersey and Michigan was exposed.

Nearly 30K Indiana patients notified of laptop theft

A laptop, stolen from a hospital employee's home, could have included the sensitive data of nearly 30,000 patients.

Army commands databases hacked, info of 36k accessed

The incident may have affected as many as 36,000 people who worked for or visited various Army commands formerly located in New Jersey.

Data of 4k at risk after breach at Michigan health facility

Patient health information may have been stolen from The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS).

Calif. Medicaid program exposes 14,000 SSNs

The California Medical Assistance Program (Medi-Cal) accidentally posted online the sensitive information of several thousand individuals.

Stolen laptop results in compromised Pepperdine Univ. data

A laptop containing unencrypted data belonging to Pepperdine University "campus community members" was stolen from an employee's car.

Western Connecticut State notifies 235k over database gaffe

A database server, containing personal information of hundreds of thousands of people affiliated with Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Conn., was publicly accessible for nearly 3 1/2 years.

Former resident physician kept patient docs without permission

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is alerting hundreds of patients that a former resident physician stored confidential medical documents without consent.

Chicago Board of Elections site exposes job applicant info

More than 1,000 individuals who applied to work at Chicago polling sites on Election Day had their personal information exposed on the Chicago Board of Elections website.

Sensitive NASA data at risk following stolen laptop

A laptop containing the unencrypted personal information belonging to NASA workers was stolen from an employee's car.

Stolen laptop results in theft of 100k patient records

A laptop containing the unencrypted personal records of Alere Home Monitoring customers was stolen from an employees car.

Backup tapes missing from health facilities in Mass. and R.I.

Missing information includes ultrasound images, names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of patients who visited two health facilities.

Vermont credit union discards unencrypted data of 85,000

According to a report, the CEO of Vermont State Employees Credit Union says the two lost tapes are likely "at the bottom of a landfill" and irretrievable.

Laptop stolen from Tennessee hospital

The breach compromised the personal information of about 27,000 patients at Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, Tenn.

University of Georgia latest target of data breach

The University of Georgia (UGA) is investigating a data breach that may have led to compromised information of current and former school employees.

Massive data breach at Florida college

Following a server breach at Northwest Florida State College, nearly 300,000 individuals had their information compromised, possibly resulting in 67 identity thefts.

Six months after backup tapes go missing, TD Bank alerts customers

TD Bank has begun notifying customers that it lost two backup computer tapes containing their personal information

Laptop theft exposes info of N.C. registered voters

Several laptops stolen from the Robeson County Board of Elections office in North Carolina contained the private information of 71,000 registered voters.

Postcard gaffe exposes employee SSNs at University of Chicago

At the University of Chicago, Social Security numbers of employees were mistakenly printed on postcards sent out as reminders for health benefits.

Kentucky health agency breached after worker falls for phish ploy

Thousands of individuals may have had their personal information exposed after hackers used a successful phishing attack to springboard to an email server belonging the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services.

Churchill Downs wagering site hacked

The wagering site, TwinSpires.com, of the racetrack that is home of the Kentucky Derby, was hacked last month, exposing the names of account holders, as well as other encrypted information kept on computer records.

First arrested, then exposed: Maine sheriff leaks inmate SSNs

Recently arrested prisoners had their Social Security numbers accidentally posted to Facebook during a software update snafu at a sheriff's office in Maine.

Data of 55k stolen from Indianapolis cancer facility

The laptop of an employee of Indianapolis-based Cancer Care Group was stolen, exposing the information of patients and staff.

University of Rhode Island server breach exposes staff and student data

URI took a publicly available server offline after a breach compromised the information of faculty and students.

Students improperly view file that contained personal data

A file containing the personal information of current and former Colorado State University-Pueblo students was accessed last spring by unauthorized users.

University of South Carolina web server hacked by overseas attackers

The university has started to notify thousands impacted by the incident, which dates back to at least June.

MD Anderson sustains second security breach this year

An employee of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost a thumb drive, potentially exposing unencrypted medical and personal information of patients.

Stolen laptop at Apria Healthcare exposes patient data

Stolen laptop at Apria Healthcare exposes patient data

Personal data on thousands of University of Arizona students publicly viewable

Students, vendors and others who received payments from the University of Arizona last year had their personal data posted to the school's public server.

Stanford Hospital computer with patient data stolen

The computer theft marks the second breach of patient data in a year at Stanford Hospital.

Hackers breach Environment Protection Agency database

Thousands of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employees had their personal information exposed through a database breach.

Thumb drive with data on 14k hospital patients stolen

A USB drive with data on 14,300 patients of Oregon Health & Science University in Portland was stolen from the home of an employee on July 4 or 5.

Unencrypted EMC laptop stolen containing patient data

An unencrypted laptop containing the personal data of roughly 10,000 medical patients was stolen from a hospital vendor employee's home.

Computer with patient data stolen from NYC hosptial

A desktop computer storing personal health information was stolen from NYU Langone Medical Center.

Laptop containing health data stolen from Boston hospital

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston is warning thousands of patients that their personal health information was contained on a laptop that was stolen.

Personal data of 2.4 million Ontario voters at risk

Two USB drives holding personal information of up to 2.4 million Ontario voters have been reported missing from Elections Ontario.

Server breached at a Vancouver-area school

The personal medical data of nearly 13,000 students and staff at Canada's British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) may have been exposed.

USC credit card data accessed in campus dining breach

Hackers breached a third-party's credit card processing system to retrieve students' credit card numbers that were used to make food and beverage purchases on campus.

Two-month delay in notifying patients after cancer center breach

An unencrypted laptop containing patient data was stolen in late April from the home of a doctor working for The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Cleveland nonprofit employment agency loses SSNs on 26k

Tens of thousands of job-seekers are at risk after a laptop belonging to a nonprofit employment agency was stolen.

Phishing attack leads to breach at government agency

The country's top derivatives regulator endured a phishing attack which led to the compromise of employee data.

Laptop with public employee data stolen in New Mexico

A thief broke into the cab of a pick-up truck parked at a hotel and made off with an iPod and two laptops, one of which contained personal data on 100,000 government workers.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center patient data compromised

For more than six years, the personal and medical data of hundreds of patients of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York was publicly available on the web.

N.H. insurance firm had no idea it was working with breached vendor

A now-defunct, third-party vendor for Primex, which provides insurance to schools and governments in New Hampshire, lost an external hard drive and backup tape containing the personal information of thousands of people.

University of North Florida gets breached again, data on 23K students at risk

For the second time in two years, hackers gained access to a University of North Florida (UNF) server holding the confidential information of students.

Hackers raid U. of Nebraska database with 654k Social Security nos.

Vandals gained access to a database containing the personal records, including Social Security numbers, of hundreds of thousands of University of Nebraska students, alumni and others connected to the school's four campuses.

Unencrypted hospital laptop exposes 2k patient records

An employee of the Boston Children's Hospital lost a laptop holding patient information.

Hacked UMaine server leads to exposed personal data

Sensitive data belonging to people who made web-based purchases at the University of Maine's Orono Campus may have been stolen after the school's server suffered a security breach.

Data on 700K California home care workers, recipients lost

The personal information of home care workers and their elderly and disabled recipients may have been compromised when the storage device on which it was contained was lost in the mail.

350,000 SSNs exposed in UNC-Charlotte breach

The Social Security numbers and financial account information of students and staff at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte were exposed during an online security breach.

Personal data of welfare workers posted online

Employees of the Florida Department of Children and Families received letters stating that their personal information may have been accessed.

14,000 students' information placed on insecure server

The personal information of 14,000 students, former students and faculty at Volunteer Community College was placed on a web server that was not secure.

Voters' Social Security numbers released by Texas AG

The Social Security numbers of millions of Texas voters were mistakenly given to opposing lawyers by the state attorney's office as part of a voter ID case.

South Carolina Medicaid employee leaks recipient data

Officials fired the employee after he sent the personal information of some 228,000 people to a personal email account.

Seventeen years worth of Emory patient data missing

Emory Healthcare in Atlanta lost the personal information of surgery patients treated at its three hospitals when 10 backup discs went missing.

Hospital workers access patient data with fraud in mind

Thousands of patients of Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, Fla. may be at risk for identity theft after two former employees improperly accessed their records.

Duke Medicine patients' information compromised

Statements containing confidential information were filed by Duke University Health System (DUHS) as part of patients' bankruptcy actions.

Connecticut community college hit with "zero-day" malware

Eighty-seven thousand people affiliated with Housatonic Community College may be open to identity theft after the institution became the second Connecticut school to experience a malware outbreak this year.

Hackers target Medicaid claim forms in Utah

Hackers, believed to be operating out of Eastern Europe, breached a server at the Utah Department of Health (UDOH) to access thousands of Medicaid records.

Devices lost containing data on 800K users of child support services

A number of storage devices belonging to the California Department of Child Support Services went missing while in transit.

Laptop with patient data stolen from Howard University Hospital contractor

Letters have gone out to patients of Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., after their personal information was exposed when a laptop was stolen from the car of a contractor.

Michigan union employees' data exposed

The personal information of more than 1,000 public employees of Wayne County, Mich., was exposed when a spreadsheet containing their data was inadvertently attached to an email blast.

University of Tampa sustains breach of Social Security numbers

The college blames a "server management error" for the public posting of confidential information of tens of thousands of students, faculty and staff.

Patient data available on Google, Yahoo due to security mishap

The health records of more than 30,000 patients at five California hospitals may have been publicly accessible via search engines due to improper server configurations.

Connecticut college computer infected with malware, 18K affected

The insidious Zbot trojan is believed responsible for compromising the Social Security numbers of more than 18,275 workers at Central Connecticut State University.

Phishing email leads to Denver area health care breach

Hackers may have accessed the personal health data belonging to patients of Denver area-based Metro Community Provider Network, a nonprofit health care provider for low-income individuals and families.

Patient data at U of M hospital breached

A thief broke into a doctor's car and stole a briefcase containing a flash drive that held personal data on patients of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Indiana University hospital hacked to steal data

Malware may have allowed attackers to make off with the personal information of thousands of people connected to Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital.

Central Kentucky's largest group practice hit with patient data breach

A laptop containing personal information of patients was stolen from the neurology department of Lexington Clinic on the night of Dec. 7, 2011.

Some 2M possibly affected by NYSEG, RG&E data compromise

Unauthorized individuals gained access to the personal data belonging to customers of New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) and Rochester Gas & Electric (RG&E), which are owned by Iberdrola USA.

Hackers harvested City College of S.F. data since 1999

Fingers are being pointed at criminal networks based in Russia and China as the culprits behind the more-than-decade-long siphoning of personal banking information from students, faculty and staff of the City College of San Francisco.

Loma Linda hospital worker fired for taking home private records

The private medical records belonging to some 1,300 patients and/or their guarantors at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California were compromised when a former hospital employee violated policy.

Hackers steal 200,000 card numbers from wholesaler

Hackers breached the systems of New York-based food services wholesaler Restaurant Depot, and stole hundreds of thousands of credit and debit card numbers.

Hackers steal credit card numbers from cash registers at UC Riverside

Hackers compromised cash registers at campus dining locations at the University of California, Riverside to hijack credit and debit card numbers.

VCU server hacked to compromise personal data of 175K

Hackers accessed a sensitive computer server containing the personal information of faculty and students at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond.

Personal data of nine million Israelis posted online

Details emerged this week of an Israeli government contract worker believed to be behind a massive information theft case, in which the personal data of millions of Israeli citizens' was stolen and subsequently posted online in a searchable database.

Delaware pediatric health facility loses data on 1.6 million

Three unencrypted backup tapes containing the personal information of more than a million and a half individuals have gone missing from Nemours, a children's health system in Wilmington, Del.

Sensitive University of Georgia employee data posted online

The personal information of thousands of individuals who worked at the University of Georgia in 2002 was accessible online for several years.

Hackers compromise Wisconsin arcade supplier's credit card systems

The personal information of tens of thousands of individuals is at risk after hackers broke into the credit card processing systems of Vacationland Vendors

Ontario hospital employee accesses PHI

An employee of North Bay Regional Health Centre in Ontario, Canada accessed without permission the personal health information (PHI) of thousands of patients.

Data of 20k patients of Stanford University hospital exposed

A database with data on 20,000 patients at Stanford University's hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. was made available on a website.

Programming vulnerability exposes retiree data

A database programming error exposed the personal information of tens of thousands of retirement plan enrollees at investment planning firm Lincoln Financial Group.

Google search could have revealed Yale personal data

A Google search could have yielded the personal information of tens of thousands of people connected to Yale University.

Hackers break into sensitive Purdue University server

A computer server containing the personal information of thousands of former Purdue University students was accessed by hackers.

College server infected, possibly to steal research data

The personal information of tens of thousands of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) students and employees is at risk after a server was discovered to be infected with malware.

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