The story of breach in the computer system of the largest hotel network Best Western is grossly unsubstantiated. The story started on August 23 when Sunday Herald printed a sensational article about the largest data leakage incident of this summer.
Dominion Enterprises announced that a computer server within InterActive Financial Marketing Group (IFMG), a division of Dominion Enterprises located in Richmond, Virginia, was hacked into and illegally accessed by an unknown and unauthorized third party between November 2007 and February 2008.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A stolen laptop has prompted administrators of a popular airport program to implement new security measures. The computer was stolen over the weekend at San Francisco International and thousands of passengers' personal records were taken along with it.
The Associated Press About 150,000 people nationwide have been affected by the theft of laptops with personal information about current and former employees of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.
The FBI is investigating the theft of medical records of patients at Grady Memorial Hospital, officials said Friday. Grady spokeswoman Denise Simpson provided few details on the thefts that were discovered late Thursday. She said it remains unknown how many patient records were stolen, which patients were affected or how the records were stolen.
Bristol-Myers Squibb officials last week confirmed that a non-encrypted backup tape containing the personal data of current and former-employees and their dependants was stolen 4 June 2008, from a delivery truck carrying the device.
Documents with Washington residents' personal information, including Social Security numbers and canceled checks, turned up Tuesday in a trash bin in an alley in northwest Washington, reported NBC4.