Bank of America loses laptop and UPMC leaks medical data
In Charlotte, N.C. a Bank of America Corp. laptop computer containing the personal information of current and former employees was stolen affecting a “limited” number of people, while the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center was still trying to figure out how private information for about 80 patients, including names and Social Security numbers and even radiology images of their bodies, wound up on the Internet.
Officials' e-mails may be missing, White House says
WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday that it may have lost what could amount to thousands of messages sent through a private e-mail system used by political guru Karl Rove and at least 50 other top officials, an admission that stirred anger and dismay among congressional investigators. Read more: LA Times
Stolen ChildNet laptop puts 12K at risk of ID theft
FORT LAUDERDALE -- A laptop computer containing personal information on 12,000 ChildNet applicants has been stolen from the agency, the latest in a string of recent thefts at the nonprofit that runs Broward County's child welfare programs. Read more: www.sun-sentinel.com
Lost disc puts 2.9M US residents at risk for ID theft
The disc, which had been in the possession of contractor ACS, held names, addresses, birth dates, and Medicaid numbers, in addition to Social Security numbers. Read more: iTnews
Rogers data on clients found in lot
Man shocked to find personal and credit card details in scores of cable, Internet orders. Read more: Toronto Star
Ex-Morgan Stanley worker held on data theft charge
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors arrested a former Morgan Stanley & Co. Ronald Peteka, along with co-conspirators, accessed Morgan Stanley's computers and obtained confidential information relating to the firm's prime brokerage business, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan alleged in a complaint. Read more: Reuters, Yahoo
Personal data goes straight into search engines
With increasing regularity, personal information is turning up on websites. As a result, it is being picked up by search engines and therefore accessible by anyone on the Internet. For example, last week, the personal details of patients from a hospital in Westerly, in the US, appeared on an open-access site. In another case, the site for Johnny’s Selected Seeds leaked the credit card numbers of its clients. InfoWatch experts emphasize that the Internet is one of the main channels for information leaks.
