CHR patient data stolen
Sensitive information falls into wrong hands when thieves hit health region. - read more: calsun.canoe.ca
McKesson: stolen computers contain patient information
Execs at the health-care services company are unsure how much identifying information was contained on the patients documented in the missing machines. - read more: informationweek.com
ID theft updated for the 21st century
Federal agents and prosecutors sounded a warning Thursday to the millions of people who use peer-to-peer software for downloading music or video files: "You are handing criminals the keys to your computer." - read more: seattlepi.nwsource.com
More than 4K De Anza students at risk for ID theft, school says
CUPERTINO, Calif. -- De Anza College announced Thursday that thousands of former students might be at risk for identity fraud after an instructor's laptop computer, containing students' personal information, was stolen last month. - read more: nbc11.com
USC investigates student information found on the Web
COLUMBIA, S.C. --The University of South Carolina is looking into what it called an "accidental disclosure" of private student information on the Internet, school spokesman Russ McKinney said Thursday - read more: charlotte.com
Pfizer workers' identities at risk
Some 34,000 Pfizer Inc. workers, including some current and former employees in Michigan, are at risk for identity theft, according to a letter to employees obtained by The Detroit News. - read more: detnews.com
Computer with 6K patient records stolen from hospital
BALTIMORE - A desktop computer containing the personal information of 5,783 Johns Hopkins Hospital patients was stolen in mid-July, hospital officials said. - read more: examiner.com and baltimoresun.com
Connecticut revenue agency reports missing laptop
Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell has ordered the state's IT agency to implement new controls for protecting sensitive data on laptops after a recent theft exposed data on 106,000 taxpayers in the state. - read more: pcworld.com and wtnh.com
Sick Kids doctor loses data on 3,300 patients
Six weeks after Ontario's privacy commissioner ordered the Hospital for Sick Children not to remove electronic health records from the hospital, a doctor lost an external hard drive containing such records at the country's busiest airport. - read more: thestar.com
Monster.com data theft also hit US govt job site
BOSTON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - About 146,000 people using a U.S. government jobs Web site had their personal information stolen by hackers who broke into computers at Monster Worldwide Inc . - read more: reuters.com
